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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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Data modeling best practices for Amazon Quick Sight multi-dataset relationships
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Data modeling best practices for Amazon Quick Sight multi-dataset relationships

Today, we are excited to announce Multi-Dataset Relationships in Amazon Quick Sight. This new capability lets you define logical relationships between Quick Sig…

Enrich your datasets with business context: Migrating from legacy Topics to semantic datasets in Amazon Quick
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Enrich your datasets with business context: Migrating from legacy Topics to semantic datasets in Amazon Quick

In this post, we walk through what Dataset Enrichment is, how it differs from legacy Topics, and provide three migration scenarios with step-by-step guidance so…

A developer's guide to publishing agents in Gemini Enterprise and Google Cloud Marketplace
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A developer's guide to publishing agents in Gemini Enterprise and Google Cloud Marketplace

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is evolving into Agents-as-a-service (AaaS). Instead of isolated applications, developers are creating AI agents that interoperate …

Report: 83% of organizations need to upgrade their infrastructure to support agentic AI
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Report: 83% of organizations need to upgrade their infrastructure to support agentic AI

For years, enterprise AI has been synonymous with conversational AI — the customer service bots and digital assistants we interact with every day. But today, th…

20 questions for the Agentic Enterprise (and how Agent Platform can help)
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20 questions for the Agentic Enterprise (and how Agent Platform can help)

If you’re an IT leader, you might be getting a lot of questions about how to build and deploy agents. The pressure to move fast is intense, but the engineering …

Drive proactive security, prioritize risks with Google Threat Intelligence and Wiz ASM
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Drive proactive security, prioritize risks with Google Threat Intelligence and Wiz ASM

Being more proactive continues to be a leading goal for security organizations. As AI accelerates the pace of vulnerability discovery and exploitation, organiza…

The operating model advantage: Why AI winners are rewiring their organizations
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The operating model advantage: Why AI winners are rewiring their organizations

The real AI advantage comes from redesigning how work is done and how decisions are made. Ultimately, success will depend on people and operating models support…

From the C-suite to the boardroom: Christiana Smith Shi on what it takes
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From the C-suite to the boardroom: Christiana Smith Shi on what it takes

For executives, the developmental opportunity may be clear, but what does board service really entail?…

Teaching models to forget: Selective unlearning with Amazon Nova
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Teaching models to forget: Selective unlearning with Amazon Nova

In this post, we introduce Reverse Direct Preference Optimization (rDPO), the novel unlearning technique behind Amazon Nova Customizable Content Moderation Sett…

From Hugging Face to Amazon SageMaker Studio in one click
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From Hugging Face to Amazon SageMaker Studio in one click

Today, we’re excited to announce a deep-link integration between Hugging Face and Amazon SageMaker AI. Developers can now go from model discovery to hands-on ex…

Building America’s innovation engine: An interview with David Lebryk
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Building America’s innovation engine: An interview with David Lebryk

The former US Treasury official shares how government can deliver in moments of crisis and how America’s public–private sector dynamic can help fuel its next er…

Why accelerated resource allocation matters in the age of AI
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Why accelerated resource allocation matters in the age of AI

In an era of rapid AI disruption, the winners may not be the companies that predict the future most accurately, but those that learn, reallocate resources, and …

Streaming benchmark and recommendation results to MLflow with Amazon SageMaker AI
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Streaming benchmark and recommendation results to MLflow with Amazon SageMaker AI

In this post, you learn how to use the new MLflow integration with Amazon SageMaker AI optimized inference recommendation jobs and Amazon SageMaker AI benchmark…

Automatically redact PII in images with Amazon Nova
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Automatically redact PII in images with Amazon Nova

In this post, we present a multi-step pipeline directed by Amazon Nova, which uses its contextual vision reasoning to coordinate complementary tools, including …

Deploying Multi-Turn RL Infrastructure for Amazon Nova on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod
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Deploying Multi-Turn RL Infrastructure for Amazon Nova on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod

In this post, you deploy a two-phase infrastructure for multi-turn RL using Amazon Nova Forge on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod. By the end, you have an event-driven…

Run MiniMax models on Amazon Bedrock
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Run MiniMax models on Amazon Bedrock

In this post, we walk through how to get started with MiniMax models on Amazon Bedrock, including the capabilities supported by these models, the service tiers …

Shift into high gear with agents: Securing the software-defined vehicle
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Shift into high gear with agents: Securing the software-defined vehicle

The automotive industry is at a pivotal crossroads as it hits the gas on adopting new technology. The era of the traditional connected vehicle has shifted into …

A microscope on small businesses: Chile’s productivity opportunity
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A microscope on small businesses: Chile’s productivity opportunity

Overcoming scale-related barriers and strengthening ties with other firms—both large and small—can help small businesses in Chile maximize their potential and n…

How Covista is changing education for healthcare professionals
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How Covista is changing education for healthcare professionals

Chairman and CEO Steve Beard explains how the organization’s multiyear transformation has reshaped its purpose, structure, and culture.…

A dual transformation agenda for Europe’s chemicals industry
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A dual transformation agenda for Europe’s chemicals industry

The strongest chemical company transformations in Europe perform a difficult balancing act: improving performance while radically reshaping portfolios, operatio…

The real future of work in healthcare
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The real future of work in healthcare

Healthcare is in a productivity crisis that more hiring and more technology alone will not solve. The next era of care depends on making automation work through…

Best practices for multi-turn reinforcement learning in Amazon SageMaker AI
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Best practices for multi-turn reinforcement learning in Amazon SageMaker AI

In this post, we share best practices for reliable multi-turn RL training. We cover how to build a training environment you can trust, set up an external evalua…

How Amazon Bedrock catches AI-generated phishing
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How Amazon Bedrock catches AI-generated phishing

Social engineering through phishing remains one of the most common tactics for launching cyberattacks. AI-generated phishing email messages now pose a new chall…

The serial builder advantage: Why repeat innovators win
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The serial builder advantage: Why repeat innovators win

New McKinsey research explains why organizations that repeatedly build new ventures outperform those that approach innovation as a one-off effort.…

How Miro is redefining collaboration across the product development life cycle
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How Miro is redefining collaboration across the product development life cycle

Miro cofounder and CEO Andrey Khusid reflects on the company’s evolution from a digital whiteboard to an AI-powered workflow platform—and how AI is reshaping co…

What to read next McKinsey’s 2026 annual book recommendations
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What to read next McKinsey’s 2026 annual book recommendations

McKinsey Global Publishing’s annual reading list is back, featuring compelling recommendations from a diverse group of leaders across the world. Our contributor…

McKinsey Global Publishing’s 2026 book picks
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McKinsey Global Publishing’s 2026 book picks

We asked McKinsey Global Publishing and Marketing colleagues to share what’s on their bookshelves this year—here’s what they said.…

AlloyDB AI Functions - now with revolutionary performance boosts and cost savings
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AlloyDB AI Functions - now with revolutionary performance boosts and cost savings

AlloyDB is an AI-native database—it isn’t just a passive data store, it intelligently understands and processes your data. With AlloyDB, you get industry-leadin…

Building a serverless A2A gateway for agent discovery, routing, and access control
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Building a serverless A2A gateway for agent discovery, routing, and access control

In this post, you will learn how to build a serverless A2A gateway on AWS that hosts multiple agents behind a single domain using path-based routing (/agents/{a…

Run NVIDIA Nemotron and OpenAI GPT OSS models on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US)
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Run NVIDIA Nemotron and OpenAI GPT OSS models on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US)

We're excited to introduce US-based frontier open-weight models in AWS GovCloud (US). With this release, Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI’s open-weight GPT OS…