-Amazon.com hired away artificial intelligence startup Adept's co-founders and some of its team in a move that echoes one by rival Microsoft . The new additions from Adept signal the tech giant's ambition to work on AI agents tools, an area major labs are focusing on.
The Amazon spokesperson said the Adept employees have already joined the company and about 20 Adept workers remain at the startup. Adept didn't respond to a request for comment. Prasad, the former head of Alexa, who now reports directly to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, brought in researchers working on Alexa AI and the Amazon science team to work on training models, uniting AI efforts across the company with dedicated resources.META
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