Amazon's artificial general intelligence chief Rohit Prasad is set to depart from the company after 12 long years. Prasad joined Amazon in 2013 and before that, he served as the chief scientist for Alexa.

Andy Jassy appoints AWS executive Peter Desantis to a new position unifying AI models, chip development and quantum computing as AI head Rohit Prasad leaves.

Amazon AI chief Rohit Prasad is leaving at year’s end, according to a memo from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Peter DeSantis, a 27-year veteran who has led AWS infrastructure, will oversee a new organization combining AI, silicon, and quantum computing. Read More