Tag: Amazon
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A new virtual AI assistant built on Amazon Bedrock can reduce the carbon footprint of commercial buildings. Here’s how.
Amazon Blog – 3.26.24 Meet ARIA, the virtual building assistant from BrainBox AI that can carry out tasks like adjust a building’s temperature, or identify a failing piece of equipment, to optimize energy efficiency. Source: A new virtual AI assistant built on Amazon Bedrock can reduce the carbon footprint of commercial buildings. Here’s how.
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Amazon Pharmacy now offers Same-Day Delivery in New York City and the L.A. area. Here’s how AI is helping us deliver medication faster.
Amazon Blog – 3.26.24 Customers in New York City and greater Los Angeles who need medication to manage flu, high blood pressure, diabetes, and other common conditions can now get their medications delivered to their door within hours. Source: Amazon Pharmacy now offers Same-Day Delivery in New York City and the L.A. area. Here’s how…
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Inside the 8,000-square-foot studio in NYC where AWS customers are invited to demo and build innovative new products
Amazon Blog – 3.18.24 When businesses want to see what they can build with Amazon Web Services (AWS), they get their answer inside the AWS Builder Studio, located at Amazon’s newest Manhattan office. The 8,000 square foot, invite-only space is part showroom, part collaboration space, part prototyping lab. At the Builder Studio, AWS customers and builders get…
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5 ways Amazon is positively impacting small towns across the US
Amazon Blog – 3.14.24 (3.13.24) Amazon is one of the top investors in the U.S. economy, and since 2010, we have contributed more than $880 billion to the national gross domestic product (GDP). The investments we make help expand local economies by supporting the creation of direct jobs at Amazon and indirect jobs in fields…
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Amazon MGM Studios wins big with ‘American Fiction’ at the 2024 Academy Awards—now streaming on Prime Video
Amazon Blog – 3.11.24 The American Fiction screenwriter and director nabbed an Oscar Sunday night for Best Adapted Screenplay. The critically lauded film from Amazon MGM Studios, starring Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Erika Alexander, bested fellow nominees Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest in the category. Source: Amazon MGM Studios wins big with ‘American Fiction’…
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4 things to know about the new Ring Battery Doorbell Pro—available now
Amazon Blog – 3.7.24 Ring Battery Doorbell Pro, Ring’s most advanced battery doorbell yet, is now available for purchase. With cutting-edge features that give customers more precise motion detection, it is the newest addition to Ring’s Pro line of devices. Source: 4 things to know about the new Ring Battery Doorbell Pro—available now
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How Amazon’s latest Climate Pledge Fund investment is transforming recycling through AI and robotics
Amazon Blog – 3.6.24 As part of our ongoing commitment to support entrepreneurs and female-led companies in climate tech, Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund recently invested in Glacier, an AI and robotics company helping the recycling industry work toward a world without waste. Co-founded and led by Rebecca Hu and Areeb Malik, Glacier uses AI-powered robots…
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Amazon charts a course for protecting consumers from scams
Amazon Blog – 3.5.24 Amazon strives to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, which includes ensuring that scammers are not using our brand to take advantage of people who trust us. Our vision is to build a world where consumers are confident that they won’t fall prey to bad actors who impersonate our brand or anyone…
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A blueprint for private and public sector partnership to improve product safety for consumers
Amazon Blog – 2.14.24 When customers shop in Amazon’s store, they trust that they can find an amazing selection of products that are safe. Our goal is to ensure that these products are inherently safe when they were manufactured, that they remain safe when they are delivered, and that the customer knows how to use…
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7 ways Amazon is using AI to build a more sustainable future
Amazon Blog – 2.12.24 Climate change is one of the world’s greatest challenges—and at Amazon, we know we have to move fast, constantly innovate, invest, and stay nimble in order to continue to become a more sustainable company. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help us meet our climate goals at the speed, scale,…