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Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown
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Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly raised security concerns about Anthropic's models to government officials, leading to an export control ban on two models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The ban was imposed after Jassy allegedly informed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other officials that Amazon researchers used the models to obtain information that could be used in cyberattacks. Anthropic has since cut off worldwide access to the models, affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) and sparking controversy.
Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm Back $1.4bn Bet on German Robotics Firm Neura
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Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm Back $1.4bn Bet on German Robotics Firm Neura

Neura Robotics, a German robotics startup, has secured a Series C financing round worth up to $1.4 billion, making it one of Europe's largest artificial intelligence funding rounds. The round attracted backing from influential technology companies, including Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm, and European industrial giants Bosch and Schaeffler. The fundraising values Neura at roughly $7 billion, catapulting the company into the ranks of the world's most valuable robotics startups. The financing is structured around performance targets, with the [...]
Amazon claims its data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average
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Amazon claims its data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average

Amazon has claimed its data centers are 7 times more water-efficient than the industry average, with a 52% improvement in water efficiency over the last 5 years. The company attributes this to innovative methods such as free air and evaporative cooling, as well as increased temperature thresholds. Amazon's global data center operations used 0.12 liters of water per kilowatt-hour in 2025, compared to the industry average of 0.84 L/kWh. The tech giant is also working towards being [...]
AWS Tunes Up Graviton5 For Agentic AI, Boosts Bang For The Buck Bigtime
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AWS Tunes Up Graviton5 For Agentic AI, Boosts Bang For The Buck Bigtime

Amazon Web Services has released its Graviton5 Arm server CPU, which is comprised of four CPU blocks with 48 V3 cores each, totaling 192 V3 cores. The Graviton5 chip is used in new M9g and M9gd instances, offering increased performance and memory capacity. The chip's design features a die-to-die interconnect, allowing for higher memory bandwidth and supporting the CXL 3.0 memory extension protocol. The Graviton5 provides 2.4X more performance per socket compared to its predecessor, the Graviton4, [...]
Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues
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Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues

Amazon has secured a $17.5 billion loan from a group of banks, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and HSBC, to fund its ongoing investments in artificial intelligence. The delayed draw term loan provides Amazon with flexibility in deploying the funds. This loan comes on the heels of a $14 billion Canadian bond sale, bringing the company's total new financing to approximately $31.5 billion in just 48 hours. The company's AI spending has raised questions about whether the returns [...]
AWS launches Graviton5-powered EC2 instances
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AWS launches Graviton5-powered EC2 instances

Amazon Web Services has launched Graviton5-powered Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances, positioning the processor for emerging agentic AI workloads. The new instances are powered by the AWS Graviton5 processor, built on the sixth-generation AWS Nitro System, and double the core count of its predecessor to 192 cores. The Graviton5 processor is designed to support real-time reasoning, code generation, and multi-step task orchestration. Meta, Uber, and Snowflake are adopting the platform for AI-related workloads, with over 120,000 [...]
FCC lets Amazon Leo miss deployment deadline with temporary spectrum penalty
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FCC lets Amazon Leo miss deployment deadline with temporary spectrum penalty

The Federal Communications Commission has granted Amazon a waiver to miss the July 30 deadline for deploying half of its planned 3,232 broadband satellites. Amazon has launched only 331 satellites, or 10% of its proposed Gen 1 constellation, due to a lack of available rockets. The waiver comes with a temporary loss of spectrum priority, giving rivals like SpaceX more leverage in orbit. Amazon still aims to meet the full constellation deployment deadline of July 30, 2029. [...]