{"id":22061,"date":"2026-02-20T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/amazons-cloud-hit-by-two-outages-caused-by-ai-tools-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:37:19","slug":"amazons-cloud-hit-by-two-outages-caused-by-ai-tools-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/amazons-cloud-hit-by-two-outages-caused-by-ai-tools-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s cloud \u2018hit by two outages caused by AI tools last year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reported issues at Amazon Web Services raise questions about firm\u2019s use of artificial intelligence as it cuts staff<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/feb\/20\/retail-sales-and-public-finances-data-to-show-state-of-british-economy-business-live\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s huge cloud computing arm reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its own artificial intelligence tools, raising questions about the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/amazon-ceo-says-generative-ai-expect-job-cuts-2025-6\">embrace of AI<\/a> as it lays off human employees.<\/p>\n<p>A 13-hour interruption to Amazon Web Services\u2019 (AWS) operations in December was caused by an AI agent autonomously choosing to \u201cdelete and then recreate\u201d a part of its environment, the Financial Times reported.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/20\/amazon-cloud-outages-ai-tools-amazon-web-services-aws\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/87b3c35f4c04e1b93f6bdad9b291df279323c76a\/795_0_3973_3179\/master\/3973.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0279b3a3ceecba4d8febcae9d20f6deb\" title=\"Amazon\u2019s cloud \u2018hit by two outages caused by AI tools last year\u2019\" \/>Reported issues at Amazon Web Services raise questions about firm\u2019s use of artificial intelligence as it cuts staff<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nAmazon\u2019s huge cloud computing arm reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its own artificial intelligence tools, raising questions about the company\u2019s embrace of AI as it lays off human employees.<br \/>\nA 13-hour interruption to Amazon Web Services\u2019 (AWS) operations in December was caused by an AI agent autonomously choosing to \u201cdelete and then recreate\u201d a part of its environment, the Financial Times reported. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reported issues at Amazon Web Services raise questions about firm\u2019s use of artificial intelligence as it cuts staff Business live \u2013 latest updates Amazon\u2019s huge cloud computing arm reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its own artificial intelligence tools, raising questions about the company\u2019s embrace of AI as it lays off human employees. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/amazons-cloud-hit-by-two-outages-caused-by-ai-tools-last-year\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amazon\u2019s cloud \u2018hit by two outages caused by AI tools last year\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22061"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}