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Box and AWS have announced an expanded strategic partnership to enhance generative AI capabilities for enterprises. Box customers can now access foundation models through Amazon Bedrock, starting with Anthropic's Claude and Amazon Titan models. The integration includes a new Box connector for Amazon Q Business, enabling organizations to leverage their private data for AI-powered tasks like content generation, summarization, and information retrieval. The partnership aims to help various industries including financial services, media, law firms, nonprofits, and life sciences organizations to enhance their workflows while maintaining security and compliance standards.

Amazon has announced a new fuel savings benefit for Prime members, offering $0.10 per gallon savings at approximately 7,000 bp, Amoco, and ampm gas stations across the U.S. This could result in average savings of nearly $70 per year for Prime members. The company also plans to introduce an electric vehicle charging savings offer with bp pulse in 2025. To access the fuel savings, members need to activate the offer through amazon.com/fuelsavings and create a free earnify™ account with bp. This adds to Prime's existing benefits including fast delivery, entertainment services, and various shopping discounts.

Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE: QTWO) has expanded its strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to drive innovation for financial services. The collaboration includes Presidio, a technology solutions provider, to help Q2 expand its use of the AWS platform for its digital banking products. Q2 will leverage AWS's generative AI technology to help financial institutions automate critical processes and enhance customer service.

Key points:

• Q2 is using AWS's advanced technologies for fraud detection, audience segmentation, and personalized user experiences
• Q2 Sentinel, built on Amazon SageMaker, uses machine learning to monitor user behavior for fraud detection
• Andi Copilot, powered by Amazon Bedrock, automates workflows for commercial banking customers
• Q2 will migrate and modernize over 50,000 services on AWS, including its Innovation Studio and Partner Marketplace platform

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced it will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2024 financial results on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET. The event will be webcast live, with audio and associated slides available for at least three months afterwards on the company's investor relations website (www.amazon.com/ir).

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has unveiled a new lineup of Kindle devices, including the first-ever color Kindle, a re-imagined Kindle Scribe, the fastest Kindle Paperwhite, and a new entry Kindle. The Kindle Colorsoft features a vibrant yet eye-friendly color display with wireless charging and waterproof design. The updated Kindle Scribe offers improved in-book writing experiences and an AI-powered notebook. The new Kindle Paperwhite boasts 25% faster page turns and up to three months of battery life. The entry-level Kindle now comes in a Matcha color option.

The lineup includes Kindle Kids devices with protective covers and Amazon Kids+ subscriptions. All new Kindles come with a three-month Kindle Unlimited subscription. The devices are packaged in 100% recyclable materials. Pricing starts at $109.99 for the entry Kindle, with the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition priced at $279.99 and the new Kindle Scribe at $399.99.

Amazon Ads has unveiled two new generative AI tools at unBoxed 2024: AI Creative Studio and Audio Generator. These tools aim to lower creative barriers and expand opportunities for advertisers to scale their reach across various media types.

The AI Creative Studio brings together Amazon Ads' AI-powered image and video generation capabilities in a single experience. It allows advertisers to explore, generate, refine, and publish high-quality ad creatives from a single product shot, product page, or existing ad creative.

The Audio Generator enables advertisers to develop engaging, interactive 30-second audio ad creatives in minutes at no additional cost. It automatically creates a voiceover script based on product information, allowing advertisers to select voice, tone, and background music.

These tools join Amazon Ads' existing suite of AI-powered creative tools, including Image Generator and Video Generator. According to Amazon Ads findings, brands using Image Generator between October 2023 and June 2024 saw an average of almost 5% more sales per advertiser.

Amazon Ads announced new advertising capabilities at unBoxed 2024, focusing on full-funnel insights to help brands optimize media investments. Key features include:

1. New product campaigns: A managed service for launching products within 90 days, showing a 9% increase in weekly sales growth.

2. Audience bid boosting: Re-engages shoppers reached on streaming TV through Sponsored Brands and Products ads.

3. Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) solutions: No-code capabilities for advanced audience and measurement insights.

4. Multi-touch attribution model: Analyzes the relative contribution of marketing touchpoints to conversions.

5. Conversion path reporting: Shows top-converting paths to purchase from the previous 30 days.

6. Long-term sales insights: Estimates sales generated over the next year based on campaign effectiveness.

These tools aim to simplify ad optimization and measurement for advertisers of all sizes.

At unBoxed 2024, Amazon Ads unveiled innovations for the Amazon Demand-side Platform (DSP) to enhance full-funnel audience reach and campaign optimization. Key announcements include:

1. A new user experience with simplified workflows, reducing campaign setup time by 75%.

2. New insight cards and machine learning recommendations for quick performance audits.

3. Enhanced frequency cap controls and reporting, saving up to 26% of campaign budgets.

4. An ads data manager for secure first-party data integration across Amazon DSP and Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC).

5. Improved interoperability with AMC and Amazon Publisher Cloud for custom audience creation.

6. Enhancements to Performance+, an AI-driven optimization tool, showing a 51% improvement in customer acquisition costs.

Amazon Games has launched New World: Aeternum, an online action RPG now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The game offers cross-platform play and combines a compelling narrative with action-focused, skill-based combat in a massive, beautiful world.

Key features include:

• Challenging 10-person raid content
• PvP combat in various modes
• Daily end-game challenges
• Multiplayer expeditions
• Seven playable archetypes
• Deep crafting system and customizable player housing
• Seasonal events

The game is priced at $59.99 for the standard edition and $79.99 for the Deluxe Edition. It includes all major content from the PC version, including the base game and the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion.