Amazon Backs AI Safety Testing Without Pausing Development

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Amazon is pushing for tougher AI testing and safeguards while declining to support a coordinated pause in AI development, a stance that sent its shares up approximately 1.6% to $255.09. The company is backing stronger industry-government cooperation but stopped short of endorsing a development halt, a position that matters because Amazon spans proprietary models, Alexa, its AGI ambitions and Bedrock, where AWS customers can tap models from multiple providers. The economics behind that balancing act are growing: AWS generated $42.2 billion last quarter, and Amazon said both its AI and semiconductor businesses have surpassed $25 billion in annualized revenue run rates. Yet free cash flow swung to a $7.6 billion trailing outflow as infrastructure spending exploded. At $255.09, Amazon trades roughly 2.55% above its $248.74 GF Value estimate, putting pressure on the company to turn its enormous AI spending into durable growth without sacrificing trust.

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