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An architect of modern media, a literary champion, and a retail revolutionary

Our latest obituaries also include the first American to scale Mount Everest, a frugal Fed chair, and a fashion cofounder tailor-made for her visionary role.…

How AI is redefining category management in distribution

New AI-enabled tools have the potential to reshape how distributors price, source, negotiate, and manage assortments, with immediate financial and strategic imp…

Run production AI agents in n8n with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness is now generally available. Learn how to add it as an agent step in n8n workflows using a new open-source community node, and b…

How we built an MCP bridge to give our AgentCore-hosted AI agent access to local MCP tools

AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore run in the cloud, but users' tools and files live on their laptops. Learn how to build a secure MCP bridge that lets a clo…

How Mobileye transformed support operations using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

In this post, we'll explore how Mobileye deployed an AI support agentic solution on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore - from the support bottleneck that sparked the idea…

How LendingTree built a multi-agent mortgage assistant on Amazon Bedrock

Learn how LendingTree built a production multi-agent mortgage assistant on Amazon Bedrock. Three coordinated agents use LangGraph, the Model Context Protocol, a…

How do we reach universal prosperity by 2100?

Can you imagine even the poorest country in the world achieving the prosperity and quality of life of today’s Switzerland—by 2100?…

In pursuit of progress: Americans’ aspirations for economic mobility

As the United States celebrates 250 years, Americans share their aspirations for a better life, the barriers they face, and their priorities for expanding econo…

Author Talks: One size does not fit all

From sneakers to crash test dummies, many everyday designs were developed based on the male body. Nike’s former global creative director explains why better des…

Introducing Web Search on Amazon Bedrock for foundation model grounding

Today, we are introducing the general availability of Web Search on Amazon Bedrock. It is a server-side built-in tool that grounds model responses in current we…

Adapting for America’s next chapter: An interview with CQ Brown

The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff describes the value of challenging the status quo, strengthening institutions, and inspiring the next generatio…

How Deutsche Bank unlocked agility with an API-ready ecosystem

When people think about digital transformation in banking, they often focus on the visible results: mobile apps and new digital services. But there's an invisib…

How Target is enhancing retail discovery and cutting database maintenance by 50% with Spanner Graph

In today’s retail environment, shoppers expect highly personalized product discovery experiences and conversational assistance that feels genuine, natural, and …

Automated web insight extraction with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Extracting insights from dozens of websites by hand quickly becomes overwhelming. This post shows how to build an automated web insight extraction solution with…

Escaping the pilot trap: Building HR for the agentic era

Organizations that create the most effective agentic HR functions don’t just scale pilots. They define the human–agent operating model for the function first, t…

The McKinsey Crossword: GEoPolitics | No. 267

Sharpen your problem-solving skills with the McKinsey Quarterly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind and is built around a subtl…

From weeks to minutes: How Formula 1® uses agentic AI on AWS to accelerate data operations

Formula 1® partnered with AWS to build the Data Accelerator, using agentic AI on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to transform its MarTech data platform. Learn how F1 c…

Real-world mainframe modernization with AI: A safe, scalable path from mainframe to cloud

For too long, enterprises with legacy mainframe estates have been faced with a high-stakes dilemma: continue maintaining their mainframes, essentially kicking t…

Automated Reasoning policy refinement in Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now supports automatic Automated Reasoning policy refinement. The refinement engine diagnoses failing tests and proposes formal-logic fixes for r…

Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?

Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson reveals where we stand on the J-curve, how leaders can accelerate progress and create new value, and what gives him hope—an…

Announcing the Agentic Catalog Experience in Amazon Quick

Amazon Quick introduces the Agentic Catalog Experience, an AI-powered workflow for data curators to discover upstream catalog assets in natural language and aut…

What’s new in AI infrastructure and orchestration this month

At Google, AI is a soup-to-nuts endeavor. Obviously, we make leading AI models like Gemini and Nano Banana. We incorporate AI into the tools you use every day (…

Powering AI: How real is the risk of overbuilding?

The power infrastructure being built for data centers in the United States is unlikely to become stranded—even if compute demand falls short of current projecti…

Optimizing production agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Observability

As your AI agents move from prototype to production, the challenge shifts from getting them to work to keeping them fast and efficient. Learn how to use Amazon …

Modeling Device Capabilities for Analytics

Cloud CISO Perspectives: Why AI Threat Defense is the new boardroom baseline

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for July 2026. Today, Chris Betz, CISO, Google Cloud, and Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Office of the CISO, Google…

From drift to dynamism: Reinventing Japan to compete in a new era

Bold actions to spur corporate dynamism can unlock transformational opportunities for Japan in a new era and reset its growth trajectory.…

How utilities can rewire customer operations with agentic AI

Faced with declining customer satisfaction, North American utilities are turning to agentic AI to transform the customer experience for the better while reducin…

The shift to 800-volt DC at data centers: Implications for providers

As AI increases energy demand, data centers are moving to higher voltage systems, creating new opportunities for electricity and component providers.…

Author Talks: The daily practices that lead to exceptional performance

What separates good from exceptional? Learning Leader Show host Ryan Hawk reveals why disciplined daily habits and purposeful ambition are the foundation of hig…