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Amazon and Meta have made AI proficiency a mandatory component of employee performance reviews, with Amazon's Clarity system tracking developer AI tool usage against an 80% weekly target and Meta inte…
Amazon is a multinational technology company whose AWS cloud platform provides AI infrastructure (SageMaker, Bedrock) and hosts third-party LLMs. Amazon also develops Alexa and the Titan model family.
Amazon and Meta have made AI proficiency a mandatory component of employee performance reviews, with Amazon's Clarity system tracking developer AI tool usage against an 80% weekly target and Meta inte…
Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model outperformed OpenAI's GPT 5.5 on every major benchmark but was pulled offline by the US government after three days due to an export control directive citing a jailbreak v…
Amazon told the White House to kill Anthropic's Fable model running on AWS, giving the company 90 minutes to take it down. The decision was based on a report from Anthropic's largest investor that the…
The US government ordered Anthropic to halt global access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models following security concerns raised by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, marking a new era of direct regulatory invo…
Amazon has discounted the Samsung 990 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD by 22%, reducing its price from $319.99 to $249.99. The deal offers a $70 saving on the PCIe 4.0 drive, which features sequential read speeds up …
Amazon has dropped the Sony Bravia 3 75-inch 4K TV to a new low price of $699.99, a 17% discount from its usual $848. The limited-time deal offers $148.01 savings on the TV, which features Google TV, …
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and executives from five other tech companies warned the Trump administration about security vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Fable model, leading to an export control order that f…
Amazon has slashed the price of the ASUS ROG XG34WCDG QD-OLED gaming monitor to $649, a 35% discount from its usual $999, marking the lowest price ever on the retailer. The 34-inch ultrawide 1440p mon…
Amazon has discounted the Apple Watch Series 11 to $329, its lowest price ever, representing a $100 savings off the regular $429. The smartwatch, released in September 2025, remains Amazon's best-sell…
Amazon Web Services disclosed that its data centers consumed approximately 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, the first time the company has reported an absolute annual figure. The disclosure comes…
Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for foreign nationals following a U.S. government directive, reigniting debate in India about reliance on foreign AI technologies. The …
Amazon is offering a $340 discount on a full Sonos surround sound system, including the Arc Ultra soundbar, Sub 4 subwoofer, and a pair of Era 100 speakers, bringing the premium wireless home cinema s…
A deal on the Valve Steam Deck OLED 1TB model knocks 15% off the MSRP, saving $180. The handheld gaming console features a 90Hz HDR OLED display, 1TB SSD, and improved battery life, making it a top ch…
The US government blocked foreign access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models three days after launch, reclassifying them as export-controlled goods under a national security directive. The move…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that Amazon researchers used Anthropic's Fable 5 model to obtain cyberattack information, triggering a US government order to shut down both…
The White House imposed export controls on Anthropic's Mythos AI model over suspicions that a China-linked group accessed it, prompting Anthropic to remove the models from the market. The Trump admini…
Hacker News users discuss multiple stories involving Amazon, Anthropic, and AI policy, including Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials, Anthropic halting foreign access to AI tools, and the expiratio…
The US government ordered Anthropic to shut down its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, just three days after launch, citing national security risks from a jailbreak discovered by Amazon r…
Anthropic shut down access to its Fable and Mythos AI models after the White House invoked export controls, demanding the company block foreign nationals from using the models due to alleged cybersecu…
Amazon cybersecurity research and CEO Andy Jassy's conversations with the White House triggered an export control directive that forced Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing its Fable 5 …