Amazon Quick desktop assistant launched; sovereign cloud positioning debate continues

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Amazon Quick, an AI assistant for enterprise users, is now available on macOS and Windows with a new activity feed for mobile devices. In Europe, the service runs in standard AWS regions, not the AWS European Sovereign Cloud launched in Brandenburg in January 2026. The article notes that European competitors are positioning sovereign alternatives to address US legal reach under the CLOUD Act.