Amazon's top retail technology convened a "deep dive" meeting on Tuesday to discuss a string of recent site outages.

Internal documents obtained by Business Insider show how Amazon is reacting to a series of recent outages related to software ...

Amazon has begun tightening internal controls on how its engineers use AI-powered coding tools, according to internal documents and company disclosures. The company is steering developers toward its ...

Even senior developers have been asked to get manager sign-off to prevent AI-generated errors affecting Amazon services.

Amazon has announced a 90-day “code safety reset” across some of its most critical engineering systems after a string of outages disrupted customer orders and r ...

AWS suffered a 13-hour interruption to a cost calculator used by customers in mid-December after engineers allowed the group’s Kiro AI coding tool to make certain changes, and the AI tool opted to ...

Amazon’s Directors and VP-level leaders responsible for these systems have been directed to conduct top-down audits of code-writing, approval, and deployment processes within their organisations.

Quote: "Amazon had four critical incidents in a week, and their own memo said safeguards 'aren't yet fully established.' Are you kidding me?" —Bradley Leimer, consultant Forward look: At banks and ...

Amazon engineers face new restrictions on AI-assisted code after outages hit its retail site, highlighting growing risks of generative AI in production systems.

Under the reset programme, Amazon engineers will face stricter rules for modifying code, including additional reviews, approvals, and documentation before changes are pushed live.

Amazon has been aggressively pushing its engineers to adopt AI tools. At least 80% of its developers are expected to use AI for coding tasks at least once a week. However, recent events suggest that ...

Amazon’s recent outages have been linked to AI, with an internal review conducted to discuss the new safeguards that need to be set in place.