In the latest news from Amazon, CEO Andy Jassy announced that Peter DeSantist, who has served as a senior executive at AWS for a long time, will lead the company's newly established artificial intelligence (AI) organization. This new organization will focus on Amazon's AI models, such as Nova, as well as silicon development and quantum computing, aiming to enhance the speed and efficiency of AI tools.

Peter DeSantist has worked at Amazon for 27 years, including eight years as a Senior Vice President at AWS. AWS forms the foundation of about one-third of the internet services globally, and in recent years, the company has increasingly shown its commitment to the enterprise AI field. Jassy stated that with the launch of the Nova2 model at AWS's recent re:Invent event, the rapid development of custom silicon chips, and the advantage of optimizing between models, chips, and cloud software infrastructure, the company hopes that DeSantist can focus on these new areas.

Amazon's growing emphasis on AI comes at a time when the company aims to solidify its market position in the fierce AI competition. In addition to its own innovations, Amazon is also actively investing. Last month, AWS announced a $50 billion investment in AI infrastructure for the U.S. government. Additionally, Amazon is negotiating with OpenAI for a $1 billion investment and has already invested $80 billion in OpenAI's competitor, Anthropic.

This strategic move by Amazon will make it more competitive in the future AI field and further promote the integration of cloud computing and intelligent technologies.

Key points:

1️⃣ Amazon appointed Peter DeSantist to lead the new AI organization, focusing on AI models, silicon development, and quantum computing.

2️⃣ DeSantist has rich experience of 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as a Senior Vice President at AWS.

3️⃣ Amazon is increasing its investment in the AI field, including a planned $50 billion investment in AI infrastructure and collaborations with OpenAI and Anthropic.