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Amazon employees inflate AI usage metrics through unnecessary token activity

Employees at Amazon have reportedly used internal artificial intelligence tools to automate unnecessary tasks in order to artificially increase their token consumption metrics, reflecting a broader Silicon Valley trend known as “tokenmaxxing.” The practice has emerged as companies intensify......

Changing Chinese consumer habits could help protect the Amazon rainforest

Evolving consumer preferences in China may play an increasingly important role in protecting the Amazon rainforest, as Chinese meat importers begin supporting more sustainable supply chains for Brazilian beef. A growing number of Chinese companies are showing interest in purchasing beef certified as......

Amazon opens access to Claude Code and Codex for all employees

Amazon has officially extended access to Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex to its entire workforce, reversing months of internal policy that had restricted engineers to the company's homegrown coding assistant Kiro and required special authorization for any third-party AI tool. The......

Road construction reveals 6,000 years of indigenous Amazonian history

Mandatory archaeological surveys conducted before road-paving projects in the Amazon rainforest are yielding a significant collection of artifacts, providing new insights into indigenous life across the region. Excavations along the BR-156 highway in the northern Brazilian state of Amapá have......

Wall Street raises Amazon price targets after strong first quarter earnings

Amazon reported first quarter results that exceeded expectations across revenue, profit, and operating income, prompting a broad wave of price target increases from Wall Street analysts. The performance was driven by strong growth in cloud computing and improved operating margins, even as investor concerns......

Amazon plans external sales of Trainium artificial intelligence chips

Amazon has outlined plans to begin selling its Trainium artificial intelligence chips to external customers, marking a potential shift that would place the company in more direct competition with established semiconductor leaders in the data center market. Chief executive Andy Jassy indicated that there......

Amazon to offer OpenAI models on AWS after Microsoft exclusivity ends

Amazon is set to distribute OpenAI models through its cloud platform after Microsoft and OpenAI restructured their partnership, ending Microsoft’s exclusive licensing rights. The change allows OpenAI to expand its distribution across multiple cloud providers, opening direct access for Amazon Web......

Veolia and Amazon deploy recycled water systems for data centers

Veolia and Amazon have announced a partnership to develop recycled water systems for cooling data centers in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The initiative aims to reduce the growing demand for freshwater driven by cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence workloads. Under the agreement, Veolia......

Microsoft ends exclusive access to OpenAI technology in strategic shift

Microsoft is set to lose its exclusive access to the artificial intelligence technologies developed by OpenAI, marking a significant shift in the competitive landscape of the tech industry. Under the revised partnership, OpenAI will be able to offer its AI models and products to a broader range of cloud......