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How AI actually ships: enterprise case studies, engineering lessons from production, adoption data and ROI evidence.

How AI actually ships: enterprise case studies, engineering lessons from production, adoption data and ROI evidence.

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Putting AI to work: The operational excellence imperative
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Putting AI to work: The operational excellence imperative

Our survey uncovers how operational excellence becomes the hidden accelerator of AI at scale.…

Monitor and debug generative AI inference with SageMaker detailed metrics and Insights dashboard on CloudWatch
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Monitor and debug generative AI inference with SageMaker detailed metrics and Insights dashboard on CloudWatch

Amazon SageMaker AI provides fully managed real-time inference hosting for machine learning models. You deploy a model to a SageMaker endpoint backed by one or …

AI is turning every company into a software company
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AI is turning every company into a software company

As AI makes software faster and cheaper to build, the real competitive edge shifts to how it’s used—pushing leaders to rethink what work looks like and how team…

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness is now generally available: Go from idea to production-grade agent in minutes
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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness is now generally available: Go from idea to production-grade agent in minutes

Today, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness is generally available. Two API calls (CreateHarness to define an agent, and InvokeHarness to run it), and you have an a…

Brilliant Moves: Coffee with FairPrice Group’s Vipul Chawla
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Brilliant Moves: Coffee with FairPrice Group’s Vipul Chawla

FairPrice Group’s Vipul Chawla chats with McKinsey’s Gautam Kumra about using AI to remove friction from shopping, navigating supply chain shocks, and balancing…

The rise of the agentic shopper: ASOS’s AI investment
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The rise of the agentic shopper: ASOS’s AI investment

The British fashion retailer’s chief technology officer discusses why agentic AI represents ‘a structural shift’ in how consumers engage with brands.…

From aisle to algorithm: The beauty categories, channels, and concepts shaping 2030 growth
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From aisle to algorithm: The beauty categories, channels, and concepts shaping 2030 growth

The global beauty market is expected to grow by 5 percent annually through 2030. But major disruptions are underway, driven by expanding definitions of beauty, …

An update on Asia–Pacific consumer sentiment: Outlooks diverge and spending is more selective
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An update on Asia–Pacific consumer sentiment: Outlooks diverge and spending is more selective

Concerns about inflation, job security, and geopolitics weighed on consumers across the region. Here’s the latest research from our ConsumerWise team.…

Rewiring Talent to Value in the age of AI
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Rewiring Talent to Value in the age of AI

As humans enter a new era with AI agents as coworkers, companies need to update their framework for defining their most valuable roles. Here’s how to get starte…

What corporate leaders can learn from start-up founders
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What corporate leaders can learn from start-up founders

Alurx Founder and CEO Julia Stewart discusses her journey from public company CEO to health tech entrepreneur—and how corporate leaders can build confidence to …

The turning point for real-world robotics
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The turning point for real-world robotics

Daniela Rus, director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, shares a vision for robots that learn faster, respond in real time, and …

Get back hours every day with autonomous agents in Amazon Quick
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Get back hours every day with autonomous agents in Amazon Quick

Today, Quick gets even more powerful: new autonomous agents that work continuously on your behalf, an activity feed that helps you prioritize your mos…

Amazon SageMaker AI Async Inference now supports inline request payloads
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Amazon SageMaker AI Async Inference now supports inline request payloads

Today, we’re announcing inline payload support for Amazon SageMaker AI Async Inference. Customers can now send inference payloads directly in the request body o…

The State of Grocery North America 2026
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The State of Grocery North America 2026

North American grocery is opening new battlegrounds—and the game is getting more sophisticated, with winners building hard-to-copy models they can own.…

Context intelligence for your data and AI agents at scale
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Context intelligence for your data and AI agents at scale

Agents are only as intelligent as the context they can reason over. Today, that context is scattered across data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, databases, …

New in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Build agents with broader knowledge and continuous learning
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New in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Build agents with broader knowledge and continuous learning

Today we're introducing new capabilities on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, the platform to build, connect, and optimize agents. In this post, we cover how these capa…

How conflict in the Gulf is remapping global travel
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How conflict in the Gulf is remapping global travel

Geopolitics is disrupting the summer travel market, but traveler demand remains strong. Tourism players can take steps to navigate the challenge.…

What could rising fuel costs mean for airlines?
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What could rising fuel costs mean for airlines?

Conflict in the Gulf region has disrupted jet fuel prices. Airlines can take action now to stay ahead of volatility.…

Wee Ee Cheong: Calm steward playing the long game for UOB
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Wee Ee Cheong: Calm steward playing the long game for UOB

As the second-generation leader of UOB, Wee Ee Cheong has devoted his career to the bank, guiding it steadily through change to safeguard the institution’s futu…

The future of Ohio: Playing to win in the next economy
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The future of Ohio: Playing to win in the next economy

Ohio has a proud legacy as a strong builder economy, but playing to win in the new arenas of competition requires a fresh and more diverse approach.…

From AI potential to agentic reality: Driving the UK’s next chapter
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From AI potential to agentic reality: Driving the UK’s next chapter

The United Kingdom, and London in particular, continues to be one of the great hubs for AI development in Europe and the world. We’re home to Google DeepMind, o…

How growing UK midsize businesses are building in the AI era
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How growing UK midsize businesses are building in the AI era

The UK’s 5-million-plus small and midsize businesses and enterprises (SMBs) are the backbone of our economy. Today, we’re seeing these critical businesses begin…

The symbiotic enterprise
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The symbiotic enterprise

How cognitive and physical AI are reinventing enterprise execution…

Safeguard your agentic AI applications with the Amazon Bedrock Guardrails InvokeGuardrailChecks API
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Safeguard your agentic AI applications with the Amazon Bedrock Guardrails InvokeGuardrailChecks API

Today, we’re announcing a new API with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. With this API, you can apply individual safeguards, also referred to as safety checks, at any …

Introducing container caching in Amazon SageMaker AI for faster model scaling
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Introducing container caching in Amazon SageMaker AI for faster model scaling

Today, we’re excited to announce container image caching for Amazon SageMaker AI inference, the next major advancement in our faster scaling optimization journe…

Parallelize speculative decoding with P-EAGLE on Amazon SageMaker AI
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Parallelize speculative decoding with P-EAGLE on Amazon SageMaker AI

This post walks you through how to use P-EAGLE directly within Amazon SageMaker AI. It will demonstrate how to select a compatible model from the SageMaker Jump…

As America turns 250, unlocking the next generation's potential is key
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As America turns 250, unlocking the next generation's potential is key

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, I've been reflecting on the generations that built the country's success and what it will take to prepare t…

Prompt Hungary: The impact of AI on the competitiveness of the economy
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Prompt Hungary: The impact of AI on the competitiveness of the economy

AI could become a powerful growth engine for the country by helping overcome the economy’s challenges and limitations, and generating improved productivity and …

The agentic advertising economy: From attention to action
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The agentic advertising economy: From attention to action

As AI changes how consumers discover products and impact is measured, advertising value will shift to the players that can shape what is seen, selected, and pur…

How Siemens "slices the elephant," advancing agentic workflows for industrial software development
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How Siemens "slices the elephant," advancing agentic workflows for industrial software development

For technology companies like Siemens, software is the nervous system of factories, energy grids, and transportation networks worldwide. As a global leader in i…