Amazon is planning to revamp its search feature by introducing an AI-first initiative that uses large-scale deep learning techniques. The company has posted two job listings for a Senior Technical Program Manager and a Senior SDE, Machine Learning, Amazon Search, with salaries ranging from $119,000 to $261,500 per year depending on the applicant's location. The new search feature will offer an interactive conversational experience that helps customers find answers to product questions, perform product comparisons, receive personalized product suggestions, and more. This move comes as no surprise since generative AI technology has been rapidly growing and impacting nearly every sector, including journalism and cryptocurrency.

Amazon NFT Marketplace To Launch This Month; Sui Network Launches Long Awaited Mainnet; Symmetry Launches Platform for Decentralized Crypto Indices and Actively Managed Funds on Solana

Amazon is set to launch its NFT marketplace by May 15, according to Web3 enthusiast and non-fungible collector Moritz.

Rhapsody Curated, a European NFT photography platform, has partnered with three leading fine art photographers to mint their works as NFTs for the first time to raise awareness of, and funding for, the battle against climate change.

Amazon has delayed the launch of its NFT marketplace "Amazon Digital Marketplace" from April 24 to May 15 citing readiness reasons. The platform will start offering the service to U.S. customers first and will gradually roll out to other countries.

Amazon Launches New Bedrock AI Service To Take On Google and OpenAI; DeFi Exchange Uniswap Launches Uniswap Mobile Wallet; Solana Web 3.0 Smartphone ‘Saga’ Launched; Sales From May 8

Generative AI models such as ChatGPT have taken the technology world by storm as they threaten to permeate the mainstream. With the announcement of Bedrock, it’s clear that Amazon’s ready to go all-in just as big tech competitors Microsoft and Google have.

In France, Google parent Alphabet Inc. is currently in talks to reduce headcount through voluntary departures, offering severance packages that it hopes are generous enough to get workers to leave, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public. 

Amazon is set to launch its own NFT marketplace on a private blockchain, with a focus on art and other valuable work by leading NFT artists such as Beeple and showcasing collections such as Pudgy Penguins. However, the platform will not include multichain functionality at launch, meaning users will not be able to transact or move their virtual assets on other blockchains. It remains unclear whether Amazon has any future plans to launch such functionality. The company has reportedly contacted Americana NFT, a popular crypto start-up, but no partnership has been formed. Amazon's NFT marketplace has faced several delays and was originally planned to launch in Q4 2022.

Federal regulators are expected to sue Amazon.com Inc. over allegations that the e-commerce giant illegally collected data on children, according to two people familiar with the case.