The unintentional theme of today’s issue is the struggle for control over how we implement AI in the U.S. On one side, where the Trump administration lands, is the concern that if we don’t adopt AI fast enough, we will be left behind. If that means that we have to remove laws that impose extra restrictions on AI, so be it.

With AI tools shining bright on the horizon, the future of business automation is more than just aspirational—it’s attainable and imminent. The integration of these powerful technologies has the potential to unearth inefficiencies and pave the way for unprecedented growth and innovation.

The tech industry seems to have two thoughts when it comes to where human workers fit into the AI-powered world they are creating: Either they think that Amazon offered a hint of what new human jobs might look like in a work world dominated by AI and robots when it announced its new Vulcan robot that can “feel.

Scale AI, a startup backed by Amazon.com Inc. that helps companies develop artificial intelligence products, plans to open an office in Saudi Arabia by the end of the year in a broader regional expansion.

Amazon Web Services' latest report reveals women are eager to gain AI skills, but gaps in training access and employer support continue to hold them back.

Amazon's AI coding assistant 'Kiro' is designed to use AI agents and a multi-modal interface to streamline software development.

Amazon has announced plans to spend over $100 billion in capital expenditures this year, and a large portion of that is going directly into AI development. The

Humain, the newly announced AI venture from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, is partnering with Amazon Web Services. The two companies will invest some $5 billion to build an 'AI Zone' in the Kingdom, which is separate to the cloud provider's existing $5.3bn region set to come online next year.

President Donald Trump will be joined by some of the world’s foremost business and technology executives for a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Tuesday dinner in Riyadh comes during Trump’s first bilateral foreign trip of his second term.

Col Needham founded the company in 1990 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. He stepped down in 2025 after 35 years at the helm, and the company’s chief operating officer Nikki Santoro stepped up to take on the top job. Prior to IMDb, Santoro held leadership roles at Amazon, Microsoft, and the Weather Channel.

Amazon hopes to get more marketers stuck on one of the most popular commercial formats in streaming: pause ads. The company said Monday it would introduce artificial intelligence to help generate "pause ads" that can play off whatever program the viewer is watching.