Amazon Australia struggles to back boss’s AI claim


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Amazon’s local policy leaders could not name a single use of generative AI by the company in Australia or what datasets it would be trained on, despite its global chief claiming the technology is a focus of every part of its business just weeks earlier.

Fronting the Parliament’s inquiry into the influence of international digital platforms on Tuesday, the company’s Australian representatives also denied an accusation Amazon had used ‘dark patterns’ to stop paying members from unsubscribing.

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