Amazon closes Shanghai AI research lab in latest cost-cutting move

Amazon shuts down AI lab in Shanghai, source says

US tech giant Amazon has shut down its artificial intelligence research lab in Shanghai, a source with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to AFP. Amazon Web Services logo at Web Summit Rio 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Web Summit Rio, via Flickr. News that the lab, part of cloud division Amazon Web Services (AWS), has closed comes with AI at the forefront of a tech race between China and the United States. In a screenshot of a WeC…

Amazon to shut down Shanghai AI research lab amid US-China tensions · TechNode

Amazon is set to dissolve its Shanghai AI Research Institute, the company’s last overseas AI lab under AWS, citing a “strategic adjustment” between China and the US, according to a social media post by Wang Minjie, an applied scientist at the lab. Amazon confirmed staff reductions to Chinese media outlet Caixin, but did not directly confirm a full closure. Established in 2018 during China’s inaugural World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the…

Amazon to close Shanghai AI research lab - report (AMZN:NASDAQ)

Amazon (AMZN) is closing its Shanghai artificial intelligence lab, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

Amazon shuts down Shanghai AI research lab, FT says

Amazon is shutting down its Shanghai artificial intelligence lab, which was established by its cloud services arm in 2018, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

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Amazon Confirms Closure of Its Shanghai AI Lab - The Thinking Conservative

Amazon is closing AI lab established in Shanghai years ago, the latest American company to scale back China-based research amid U.S. China tensions. The post Amazon Confirms Closure of Its Shanghai AI Lab appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.