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Created: 2025-07-23 15:11:35 UTC

🛑 Amazon Shuts Shanghai AI Lab Amid 🇺🇸U.S.-🇨🇳China Tensions

🔹Amazon is closing its Shanghai AI research lab, originally launched by AWS in 2018, per the Financial Times.

🔹 While the company cites global role cuts, a lab scientist said U.S.-China tensions triggered the dissolution. 

🔹This follows recent layoffs at AWS and strategic shifts due to generative AI tools. 

🔹The move reflects mounting geopolitical pressure on U.S. tech firms operating in China, despite Amazon downplaying direct AI-related reasons.

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