This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Is the world relying too much on Amazon Web Services? We assess the falloutfrom the big AWS outage, which was the subject ofa detailed explanation from the company Friday night.

Plus, what's your AI IQ? We test our own artificial intelligence literacy in a new online quiz from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle. Read more inthis story by our colleague Alan Boyle.

And finally, we try on Amazon's new Halo View, and explain what's different in this new health tracker.

Produced and edited by Curt Milton. Theme music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.

 

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Is the world relying too much on Amazon Web Services? We assess <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2021/cloud-wake-up-call-amazon-web-services-outage-illustrates-the-pitfalls-of-online-infrastructure/">the fallout </a>from <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2021/aws-problems-impact-amazon-disney-smartsheet-canva-and-other-online-services/">the big AWS outage</a>, which was the subject of<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/message/12721/"> a detailed explanation</a> from the company Friday night<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/message/12721/">.</a>
Plus, what's your AI IQ? We test our own artificial intelligence literacy in <a href="https://reviz.typeform.com/to/iC3Dqo6M?typeform-source=pnw.ai">a new online quiz from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle</a>. Read more in<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2021/survey-suggests-84-of-americans-are-illiterate-about-ai-so-heres-a-quiz-to-test-your-own-ai-iq/"> this story by our colleague Alan Boyle.</a>
And finally, we <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2021/review-amazons-halo-view-health-tracker-is-a-good-second-release-with-some-awkward-quirks/">try on Amazon's new Halo View</a>, and explain what's different in this new health tracker.
Produced and edited by Curt Milton. Theme music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.
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