Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced successful a message to unit connected Wednesday that longtime AWS enforcement Peter DeSantis volition pb a caller AI-focused enactment wrong the company.

This enactment volition beryllium liable for Amazon’s AI models similar Nova, arsenic good arsenic silicon improvement and quantum computing, which assistance marque AI tools faster and much efficient.

DeSantis has spent 27 years astatine Amazon, including 8 years arsenic an SVP for AWS, the unreality supplier that powers about one-third of the internet. At AWS’s caller re:Invent event, Amazon hammered location its committedness to AI for endeavor use, truthful it makes consciousness that the institution is spinning retired a caller squad from AWS leadership.

“With our Nova 2 models conscionable launched astatine re:Invent, our customized silicon increasing rapidly, and the advantages of optimizing crossed models, chips, and unreality bundle and infrastructure, we wanted to escaped Peter up to absorption his energy, invention cycles, and enactment connected these caller areas,” Jassy wrote.

Amazon’s expanding accent connected AI comes astatine a clip erstwhile the institution is anxious to fortify its foothold successful the AI race, possibly much done investments than its ain innovations. Last month, AWS announced a $50 cardinal concern successful the U.S. government’s AI infrastructure. Amazon is besides reportedly successful talks to put $10 cardinal successful OpenAI, and has already invested $8 cardinal successful OpenAI rival Anthropic.

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