Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led
24-07-2026 19:47 via thenextweb.com

Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led

Amazon is retreating from the race to build the smartest AI. This week it closed its AGI Lab, a San Francisco team working on artificial general intelligence, The Information reported. The move was part of layoffs across Amazon’s AGI unit, Reuters first reported. The lab was barely 18 months old. Amazon set it up in […]
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