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Windows is under new management after Microsoft AI reshuffle

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Microsoft is reuniting management of its Windows operating system and its Surface devices, as the leader of its Windows and Web Experiences team has quit his current role and may leave the company. The move is one of the repercussions of Microsoft’s appointment of a former Google artificial intelligence (AI) leader to run its new AI division.

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Amazon stock rises after beating Q3 estimates with $143.1B in revenue, $9.9B in profits

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. “We had a strong third quarter as our cost to serve and speed of delivery in our Stores business took another step forward, our AWS growth continued to stabilize, our Advertising revenue grew robustly, and overall operating income and free cash flow rose significantly,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a statement.

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Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy

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New Amazon “S-team” member James Hamilton worked under Jassy as vice president and distinguished engineer for Amazon Web Services. Colleen Aubrey, SVP, Performance Advertising. Charlie Bell, SVP, Utility Computing Services. Paul Kotas, SVP, Advertising, Music & IMDb. GeekWire File Photo).

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Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

GeekWire

The declining percentage comes from noticeably slower growth in the online segment over the past couple years (including year-over year declines in some recent quarters) and the continued growth of the company’s revenue from areas including third party seller services, Amazon Web Services, and advertising services.

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Amazon expands ‘s-team’ with addition of four executives to senior leadership group

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Colleen Aubrey, SVP, Performance Advertising. Paul Kotas, SVP, Advertising, Music & IMDb. Dave Limp, SVP, Devices & Services. Rohit Prasad, SVP and head scientist, Alexa Artificial Intelligence. Adam Selipsky, CEO, Amazon Web Services. Here’s the full list.

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Amazon’s cloud business and AI initiatives in the spotlight in advance of earnings report

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Amazon’s cloud revenue growth rate and its artificial intelligence initiatives will be closely scrutinized when the company reports second-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon, Aug. Amazon Web Services revenue growth declined to 15.8% Wall Street analysts expect the company to report net sales (revenue) of $131.5

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Amazon is working on generative AI, too, CEO Andy Jassy assures shareholders in annual letter

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That question comes up frequently these days in tech industry conversations about generative artificial intelligence, especially as Open AI leverages its partnership with Microsoft Azure, the Amazon Web Services cloud rival, to train the GPT-4 large language model (LLM) that powers applications including ChatGPT.