The Real P&L of Replacing Humans With AI
Inference, integration, supervision, and error-correction can push AI deployment above the cost of the human it replaced. New analyses put numbers on the table.
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Amazon Buys Two Robotics Companies in One Week: From Delivery Dogs to Humanoid Helpers
In the span of five days, Amazon acquired both RIVR (quadruped delivery robots) and Fauna Robotics (humanoid robots). The message: the future of Amazon involves a lot more robots.
Ring's CEO Email Reveals Search Party's Real Goal: 'Zero Out Crime in Neighborhoods'
Leaked internal email shows Ring's lost dog feature is the foundation for broader AI surveillance. Congress demands answers as partnership with Flock Safety collapses.
AI Job Market This Week: Oracle's $8 Billion Bet, Amazon's 30,000 Cuts, and 55% of Companies Regret AI Layoffs
Massive layoffs at Oracle and Amazon, while more than half of companies admit firing workers for AI that doesn't work yet. Here's what's really happening.
AI Job Market This Week: Oracle's Mega-Layoffs, Anthropic's Job Index, and the 'AI Washing' Debate
Oracle plans up to 30,000 cuts to fund AI infrastructure. Amazon and Block blame AI for massive layoffs. Meanwhile, Anthropic's new research says AI hasn't actually displaced many workers - yet.
OpenAI's $110B Round: The Three-Way Tech Giant Alliance Reshaping AI
Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank pour $110 billion into OpenAI at a $730B valuation. Here's what the partnerships mean and who's actually winning.
A Low-Skill Hacker Used AI to Breach 600 Firewalls in 5 Weeks - Amazon Watched the Whole Thing
Amazon threat researchers tracked a Russian-speaking attacker who used commercial AI tools to compensate for limited hacking skills. The result: 600+ FortiGate devices compromised across 55 countries.
Amazon Building AI Content Marketplace for Publishers
AWS pitches a platform where media companies can license content to AI firms, following Microsoft's lead in the race to legitimize training data.
55,000 Workers Lost Their Jobs to AI Last Year. Except AI Didn't Actually Replace Them.
Companies are firing workers and blaming AI, but the data tells a different story. Oxford Economics, Wharton researchers, and one very embarrassed CEO reveal the gap between the narrative and reality.