Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI’ group as it plays catch-up on AI

Rohit Prasad is stepping down, while Amazon puts Peter DeSantis in charge of AI models, chips, and quantum computing.
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Amazon CEO Says New AI Leader Has ‘Unified Focus,’ Unveils AI Innovator Prasad’s Departure

Andy Jassy appoints AWS executive Peter Desantis to a new position unifying AI models, chip development and quantum computing ...

Amazon names new AI chief to take on OpenAI, Google & Microsoft

Amazon unifies AI under AWS veteran Peter DeSantis as it ramps up competition with OpenAI, Google and Microsoft.
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Amazon's Rohit Prasad to exit as Head of Artificial General Intelligence

Amazon named Peter DeSantis to lead a new group uniting AI models, chip development and quantum work, while Pieter Abbeel ...

Amazon names leaders for AI models, silicon development, and frontier model research

CEO Andy Jassy said the e-commerce giant will tap senior cloud infrastructure executive Peter DeSantis to lead a newly formed ...

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Amazon AI chief Rohit Prasad is leaving at year’s end, according to a memo from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Peter DeSantis, a 27-year veteran who has led AWS infrastructure, will oversee a new organization ...