Hilary Duff, in her long hiatus away from creating music, was experiencing music as a listener and noticed the changes which came along the way, one of which was Taylor Swift.

The 38-year-old pop superstar praised the Eras Tour performer, 36, in a new interview after the release of her new album, Luck… Or Something.

While talking about the differences she notices in the music industry a decade ago, and now during her comeback, the Lizzy McGuire alum said, “I don’t think the intent back then was sophisticated songwriting. There was no Taylor Swift yet — it’s like before Christ and after Christ.”

When asked if Taylor changed the game, Duff said “On all the levels,” in conversation on the CBS Mornings show.

The Mature hitmaker returned to the music scene after over a decade with a record which captures parts of her life during the period she was away.

In an Instagram post after the release, Duff penned down an emotional backstory behind the album, writing, “There are songs about love, heartbreak, life life-ing, insecurities, and growing up … I hope you find pieces of yourself in this record.”

Following the release of her album, the Disney alum is headed for a concert tour around the world which kicks off in June. 

Amazon recently endured a spell of service disruption, driven by two outages linked to its Kiro AI coding assistant, which it launched in July 2025. While they’re meant to perform tasks autonomously, these AI coding agents have raised concerns about their reliability.

Kiro AI’s role in Amazon outages

An internal Amazon assessment disclosed that a December outage lasted approximately 13 hours and affected AWS Cost Explorer in one region of Mainland China.

The widespread blackout marked the second time in two months that Amazon’s AI tools were involved in a service disruption.

While the e-commerce juggernaut described the December event as “extremely limited,” it did not impact critical services like compute, storage, or databases, as reported by Amazon employees.

Reports indicated that the Kiro tool attempted to “delete and recreate the environment,” a claim Amazon refutes by stating that the issue stemmed from a misconfigured role rather than the AI itself: the engineer involved was given the permission to deploy changes without additional approval. This indicates a potential management oversight.

Implications for AI coding tools

These distortions illustrate the challenges tech giants face in managing AI coding agents. While these tools can simplify workflows, they also introduce risks.

One notable case involved an AI agent that deleted an entire database without user consent. In light of discussions on platforms like Reddit, the accountability of engineers when using AI tools is becoming an extreme concern.

With AI coding agents gaining popularity, it is important for companies like Amazon to establish effective guardrails to minimise risks associated with autonomous coding.