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He pointed out that Amazon - originally a consumer internet company - had scaled cloud computing while the big players in AI today, like Facebook and Google, were once consumer internet companies too.

Ultimately AWS, which provides cloud computing services, would like to offer quantum computing services to its customers, but Mr Painter also said he believed the advanced machines could eventually help optimise the vast global logistics of Amazon's retail business.

And because these firms dominate cloud computing, data access and AI research, it makes it difficult for smaller businesses and individuals to compete.

Same with Google search and cloud computing.

The cloud computing giant was also a leading contender to buy the social media platform in 2020, back when Trump was trying to ban it.