Did Shanghai AI Research Institute disband? Amazon Cloud Technology responded: staff downsizing, will fully support employees to transition smoothly.

Yesterday, Wang Minjie, the chief application scientist of AWS Amazon Cloud Technology Shanghai AI Research Institute, posted on his WeChat Moments, saying, "Just received notice that the AWS Amazon Cloud Technology Shanghai AI Research Institute is officially disbanded." Wang Minjie expressed his feelings, saying, "In the past nearly 6 years of leading the team, I caught the golden period of foreign research institutes, and benefited greatly from the careful guidance of Teacher Zhang Zheng, fortunately becoming the youngest chief application scientist in the AWS Asia Pacific region." Today, Amazon Cloud Technology responded to Sina Technology regarding the dissolution of the Shanghai AI Research Institute, saying, "After a thorough evaluation of the company's organization, development focus, and future strategic direction, we have decided to streamline personnel in some teams of Amazon Cloud Technology." Amazon Cloud Technology stated, "Making these decisions was very difficult, we will fully support employees in transitioning smoothly, we made these necessary decisions in order to continue investing, optimizing resources, and bringing more innovation to customers."