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Amazon Plans to Invest $1.29 Billion in French Tech Projects
Amazon // May 12, 2024

Amazon is reportedly set to invest nearly $1.3 billion on tech projects in France. The eCommerce giant is one of several global companies poised to announce new foreign investments in France this week, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (May 12). French President Emmanuel Macron will host...

eCommerce Firm Ocado Launches Skill For Amazon Alexa
Retail // August 30, 2017

As consumers get busier and more digitally savvy, their need for new tools to help them manage the simpler aspects of life grows as well. Many companies have responded by adding skills to Amazon’s personal assistant device, Alexa, and now eCommerce firm Ocado Technology has...

Alexa’s Big 2017 Entrance
Amazon Innovations // January 04, 2017

Amazon had an extremely happy holiday season in 2016. According to reports from Slice Internet, 37 percent of all online traffic during the annual commerce crush went to Amazon. This is an impressive figure on its own, made more so by the fact that none...

Amazon Launches AI Platform For Developers
Amazon // December 05, 2016

Amazon announced last week the launch of its new Amazon AI platform, which brings machine-learning technologies to developers. According to a report by TechCrunch, Amazon launched the Amazon AI platform at its re:Invent developer event held in Las Vegas. In the beginning, the new service will...

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Alexa’s Big 2017 Entrance

January 04, 2017
Amazon had an extremely happy holiday season in 2016. According to reports from Slice Internet, 37 percent of all online traffic during the annual commerce crush went to Amazon. This is an impressive figure on its own, made more so by the fact that none of its nearest competitors — Best Buy, Target and Walmart […]

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Amazon Reportedly Developing In-House Answer to ChatGPT

June 25, 2024
Amazon is reportedly developing its own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The project is code-named “Metis,” Business Insider reported Monday (June 24), noting that the name seems inspired by the Greek goddess of wisdom.  The chatbot would be accessed through a website and powered by an in-house AI model dubbed Olympus, keeping […]

Amazon Plans to Invest $1.29 Billion in French Tech Projects

May 12, 2024
Amazon is reportedly set to invest nearly $1.3 billion on tech projects in France. The eCommerce giant is one of several global companies poised to announce new foreign investments in...

eCommerce Firm Ocado Launches Skill For Amazon Alexa

August 30, 2017
As consumers get busier and more digitally savvy, their need for new tools to help them manage the simpler aspects of life grows as well. Many companies have responded by...

Amazon Launches AI Platform For Developers

December 05, 2016
Amazon announced last week the launch of its new Amazon AI platform, which brings machine-learning technologies to developers. According to a report by TechCrunch, Amazon launched the Amazon AI platform at...