After many costly years of wanting to go all-on on building out an entertainment empire... someone who would have been an important advocate and advisor on that strategy is not going to stand for reelection.
To stay at the front of the tech industry, Amazon will overall be looking for better thought leadership on how it takes its next steps in its artificial intelligence strategy.
Given the AI whiplash that every big tech company feels currently, it feels like a timely detail that now McGrath is stepping away from the board.
Amazon is and has been a leading player in AI for a long time. Its Alexa assistant and Echo devices arguably put voice recognition and connected assistants on the map.
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