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December 18, 2025
Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI’ group as it plays catch-up on AI
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TL;DR
- Rohit Prasad, head of AGI at Amazon, is stepping down next year.
- Peter DeSantis will lead a new division focused on advanced AI models, chips, and quantum computing.
- Prasad was instrumental in Alexa's development and the launch of Amazon Nova AI models.
- Pieter Abbeel will lead Amazon's frontier model research team.
- Amazon is seen as struggling to keep pace with competitors like Microsoft, Google, Meta, and OpenAI in AI development.
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