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Amazon Explores Helping Other Apps Sell Chatbot Ads

By Catherine Perloff · Mar 3, 2026 6:00am PST
Amazon is exploring offering technology to help other apps and sites sell ads in AI chatbots, according to two people who have talked to the company about its plans. Such an offering could potentially buttress its $68.6 billion ads business as people increasingly use AI chats to search for information. In recent months, Amazon Publisher... Amazon is exploring offering technology to help other apps and sites sell ads in AI chatbots,...
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Apple Discusses Google Hosting New Siri as Need for Cloud Help Grows

By Aaron Tilley and Wayne Ma · Mar 2, 2026 6:00am PST
In January, when Apple announced an agreement to use Google’s Gemini models in Apple products, it was an admission that the iPhone maker hasn’t been able to compete in AI on its own over the past couple years. But the deal also showed that Apple is again relying on an outside company to help it with another deficiency: in cloud computing. Now... In January, when Apple announced an agreement to use Google’s Gemini models in Apple products, it...
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What Amazon and Microsoft Will Win or Lose From OpenAI’s New Deals

By Aaron Holmes, Catherine Perloff, Stephanie Palazzolo, Anissa Gardizy, Valida Pau and Shane Burke · Feb 27, 2026 10:38am PST · 2 comments
OpenAI’s wide-ranging partnership with Amazon, announced on Friday as part of a bigger series of funding agreements valuing the company at $730 billion before the investment, means the ChatGPT creator will soon have two of the three biggest cloud firms pitching its services. But can both Amazon and Microsoft get a big boost without encroaching... OpenAI’s wide-ranging partnership with Amazon, announced on Friday as part of a bigger series of...