According to reports from CNBC, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting an informal investigation into Amazon's recent partnership with AI startup Adept. This news was confirmed on July 16. The FTC aims to gather more details about the agreement announced last month, including how Amazon hired key executives from Adept and obtained authorization to use their technology.In this collaboration, Amazon not only hired David Luan, the co-founder and CEO of Adept, but also brought in other sig

Recently, Amazon announced a technology licensing agreement with AI startup Adept, with the co-founders and some team members joining the e-commerce giant. Adept focuses on developing AI 'agents' capable of performing various software tasks, and its technology will support Amazon's expansion in the generative AI space.

Adept AI, an AI company founded by Chinese entrepreneurs, has developed a universal operating tool using generative AI technology, allowing users to complete various operations and tasks through voice or text commands. The founding team of Adept AI includes the proposers of Google's Transformer architecture and well-known scholars, and has secured investments from notable figures including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Tesla's head of autonomous driving, Andrej Karpathy.