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Sheena Vasani and Cameron Faulkner
Amazon is betting on agents to win the AI race

Why Amazon AGI Labs chief David Luan thinks solving agents is the next ‘S-curve’ for AI.

Alex Heath
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Jess Weatherbed
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Andrew Liszewski
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Amazon’s same-day grocery delivery is now available in more than 1,000 cities.

Walmart Plus, Instacart, and your local grocery store have more competition now that Amazon is delivering perishable groceries in more places, with free delivery for Prime subscribers on orders of $25 or more.

It plans to reach more than 2,300 cities and towns this year, then keep expanding in 2026.

Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Zoox is in the clear.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was certifying Amazon’s robotaxi service for demonstration purposes, while also ending the investigation into whether the company sidestepped safety regulations. The exemption was the first under NHTSA’s newly streamlined regulatory process for approving vehicles without traditional controls, like steering wheels and pedals. As part of the agreement, Zoox is required to “remove or obscure” all references to its purpose-built autonomous shuttles complying with federal motor vehicle safety regulations.

Zoox autonomous robotaxis in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Zoox autonomous robotaxis in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
OpenAI makes its debut on Amazon’s cloud service.

The company’s open-weight GPT-OSS models are now available on Amazon Web Services, letting customers access OpenAI models through the Bedrock and SageMaker platforms for the first time.

Along with Amazon, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and AMD have touted collaborations with OpenAI that allow its GPT-OSS models to run directly on their processors.