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OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI Hit by Rare Same-Day Outages as Cloud Causes Remain Unclear

AI outages hit OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI on Thursday, disrupting ChatGPT, Claude and Grok and sparking questions about shared infrastructure.

Amazon’s scam checking AI lets Alexa verify suspicious messages, helping shoppers spot fake Amazon emails and texts faster.

Amazon’s Alexa shopping feature adds Update Me When alerts, helping users track launches, releases and deals with Alexa shopping AI.

The EPA wants to weaken notice rules tied to data center pollution, raising fears communities will lose a say before projects are approved.

Amazon is adding 2 million Nvidia chips to AWS as AI demand surges, deepening a partnership that could be worth tens of billions.

Amazon is making Alexa+ free on Fire TV, expanding its AI assistant to more U.S. viewers without Prime or a subscription.

Twitch lets creators block AI training on their content, but the move raises fresh questions about Amazon AI training and consent.

Twitch AI opt-out lets streamers block their content from Amazon generative AI training while keeping captions, safety, and discovery tools.

Amazon data center plans in West Texas are linked to a gas plant permitted for up to 33 million tons of CO2, raising climate concerns.

SpaceX earnings show Starlink and AI compute now outweigh rockets, revealing a company increasingly focused on telecom and data centers.