Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI’ group as it plays catch-up on AI

Rohit Prasad is stepping down, while Amazon puts Peter DeSantis in charge of AI models, chips, and quantum computing.
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Amazon AI chief exits, triggering leadership shakeup

Peter DeSantis was tapped to lead a new group focused on AI, silicon and quantum as Amazon’s AI Chief Rohit Prasad plans to step down at the end of the year.

Amazon names new AI chief to take on OpenAI, Google & Microsoft

Amazon unifies AI under AWS veteran Peter DeSantis as it ramps up competition with OpenAI, Google and Microsoft.

Amazon names leaders for AI models, silicon development, and frontier model research

CEO Andy Jassy said the e-commerce giant will tap senior cloud infrastructure executive Peter DeSantis to lead a newly formed ...

Pieter Abbeel

Amazon AI chief Rohit Prasad is leaving at year’s end, according to a memo from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Peter DeSantis, a 27-year veteran who has led AWS infrastructure, will oversee a new organization ...