Amazon bets big on AI as next major business, unveils new products and touts its advantages
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy touted AI as the company's next big opportunity on par with Marketplace, Prime, and AWS
• Jassy said Amazon is uniquely positioned to lead in enterprise and consumer AI with offerings like AWS infrastructure, chips for training models, and AI apps
• Amazon has invested heavily in AI like spending $4B on Anthropic and offers multiple models beyond chatbots like CodeWhisperer
• Jassy claimed Amazon's AI chips like Trainium and Inferentia are viable alternatives to Nvidia amid supply constraints
• Amazon launched new AI products like Rufus chatbot and Amazon Q code writing assistant, though Rufus still makes some errors