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Amazon Pledges $20 Million to Biden’s School Cybersecurity Plan
Amazon Pledges $20 Million to Biden’s School Cybersecurity Plan
August 07, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Amazon is offering $20 million to help fund cybersecurity programs at U.S. schools. The tech giant’s pledge was announced Monday (Aug. 7) as part of a larger effort...

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Amazon’s Ecosystem Gains Traction as Third-Party Sellers Revenue Soars 18.1%
Amazon’s Ecosystem Gains Traction as Third-Party Sellers Revenue Soars 18.1%
August 04, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon’s movement to create a commerce ecosystem well beyond simply logging sales on its platform showed up in second-quarter earnings results, as sales gleaned from...

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Can Always-On AI Give Healthcare Providers a Helping Hand?
Can Always-On AI Give Healthcare Providers a Helping Hand?
July 28, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

What industry does artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to transform most? For many observers, healthcare is the obvious answer. Yes — that healthcare. The...

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AWS Debuts HealthScribe as Health Providers Explore AI
AWS Debuts HealthScribe as Health Providers Explore AI
July 26, 2023  |  Healthcare

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it wants to help clinicians save time summarizing patient visits. The company has debuted AWS HealthScribe, which uses speech recognition and generative...

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Report: Thousands of Users Have Tried Amazon AI Service
Report: Thousands of Users Have Tried Amazon AI Service
July 26, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

An Amazon artificial intelligence (AI) service that was announced in April is reportedly being tried by thousands of users. The service, which is called Amazon Bedrock and is offered...

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YouTube Presents Contextual Commerce Opportunity for Food Brands 
YouTube Presents Contextual Commerce Opportunity for Food Brands 
July 24, 2023  |  Social Commerce

Among consumers who make purchases from social media, PYMNTS research shows, food and beverage shoppers disproportionately turn to YouTube to find inspiration and products. By...

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Study Finds US Consumers Look a Lot But Buy Little on Social Media
Study Finds US Consumers Look a Lot But Buy Little on Social Media
July 10, 2023  |  eCommerce

Tapping or clicking the hashtag #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt will bring users to pages upon pages of videos in which TikTokers show off viral purchases they first discovered...

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Growing Enterprise AI Adoption Shows Integration Friction Is No Fiction
Growing Enterprise AI Adoption Shows Integration Friction Is No Fiction
June 28, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

On the one hand, firms don’t know what they don’t know. On the other, many believe that large language model-powered generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools...

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Amazon Undertakes $7.8 Billion Expansion of Ohio Data Operations
Amazon Undertakes $7.8 Billion Expansion of Ohio Data Operations
June 26, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon Web Services (AWS) says it is upping its investment in its Ohio data center operations. The company announced Monday (June 26) that it will spend an estimated...

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