Amazon named Peter DeSantis to lead a new group uniting AI models, chip development and quantum work, while Pieter Abbeel will head frontier model research.

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

CEO Andy Jassy said the e-commerce giant will tap senior cloud infrastructure executive Peter DeSantis to lead a newly formed organization overseeing the company's most advanced AI models, including Nova and its AGI team,

Rohit Prasad led Amazon efforts to build leading AI models. That hasn't happened so far, with the company's Nova models trailing rival offerings.

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 combining AI, silicon, and quantum computing. Read More