Amazon Launches Rufus AI Shopping Assistant


Audio AI attracts billions, spanning automated customer service/sales calls, meeting transcription, and voice-first AI glasses. Labs iterate models quickly; hardware makers optimize audio. New tech needs rigorous testing. Icelandic startup Treble is building a simulation platform to become a key testing hub.....
Amazon and Nvidia deepen partnership: 2M Nvidia GPUs for AWS over two years, including Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, Rubin Ultra, for LLM training/inference, 2027-2028. In-house chips coexist but Nvidia dominates. Previous 1M+ commitment doubled on strong demand, per Nvidia earnings call.....
Twitch faces a class action over using streamers' broadcasts, clips, and chats to train Amazon AI models without consent or pay. Small streamers filed a 37-page suit alleging breach of implied contract and unfair competition. Issue: opt-out AI training and weak opt-outs, sparking backlash.....
Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ free to all compatible US Fire TV devices, no Prime needed. It adds conversational search, smart home control and AI recommendations. Previously limited to newer Fire TVs with non-Prime users paying $19.99/month, now no extra subscription needed.....
U.S. media exposed an AI cost control incident at Amazon: Engineers used Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model to handle routine tasks such as matching authors with product data, resulting in an $18 million bill, exceeding the budget by 860%. The project was delayed for five months and ultimately failed to be implemented, leading to massive waste due to high computing power consumption.