Amazon’s cloud ‘hit by two outages caused by AI tools last year’

Reported issues at Amazon Web Services raise questions about firm’s use of artificial intelligence as it cuts staff

Amazon’s huge cloud computing arm reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its own artificial intelligence tools, raising questions about the company’s embrace of AI as it lays off human employees.

A 13-hour interruption to Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) operations in December was caused by an AI agent autonomously choosing to “delete and then recreate” a part of its environment, the Financial Times reported.

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Reported issues at Amazon Web Services raise questions about firm’s use of artificial intelligence as it cuts staff
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Amazon’s huge cloud computing arm reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its own artificial intelligence tools, raising questions about the company’s embrace of AI as it lays off human employees.
A 13-hour interruption to Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) operations in December was caused by an AI agent autonomously choosing to “delete and then recreate” a part of its environment, the Financial Times reported. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian

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