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Amazon, eyeing up AI, adds Andrew Ng to its board; ex-MTV exec McGrath to step down
If corporate boards of directors signal something about where a company wants to be focusing, Amazon's just made an interesting move to change up its
The company also announced, with a little less fanfare, that Judy McGrath — who is best known for her work as a longtime TV executive, running MTV and helping Viacom become a media powerhouse — will be stepping down as a director. After many costly years of wanting to go all-on on building out an entertainment empire — Amazon spent almost $19 billion on its video and music business in 2023 — it’s interesting that someone who would have been an important advocate and advisor on that strategy is not going to stand for reelection. Yet for at least a year, in the wake of the GPT advancements made by OpenAI and Microsoft’s giant investment in that startup (and the massive scramble from a plethora of other tech companies following that), Amazon has grappled with the impression internally and externally that it is “falling behind” on the technology.
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