Amazon Web Services to Invest $1 Billion in New AI Department

On July 1, it was reported that on June 30, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing platform of the American tech giant Amazon, announced an investment of $1 billion (approximately 6.8 billion RMB) to establish a new artificial intelligence department dedicated to assisting customers in building and implementing AI systems. AWS stated that it plans to deploy thousands of frontline deployment engineers, and the relevant teams will collaborate closely with customers' business, R&D, and security departments. Within just a few weeks, they will help customers establish self-operating technical teams and deliver complete AI solutions. According to foreign media reports, AWS is the world's largest cloud service provider by revenue and the first large-scale cloud vendor to launch such a dedicated on-site engineer service.