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Amazon AI Literacy

Amazon Unveils 'AI Ready', A Plan to Train 2 Million People in AI Skills by 2025

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Chris McKay• November 21, 2023 • 1 min read

The goal is to remove cost as a barrier to accessing critical AI skills and to help those with a desire to learn about AI and benefit from the tremendous opportunity ahead.

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Amazon Launches EC2 Capacity Blocks to Meet Surging Demand for AI Compute

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Chris McKay• October 31, 2023 • 2 min read

They provide a flexible way for organizations to gain access to NVIDIA GPU clusters for their critical AI projects without long-term commitments.

Amazon Marketing

Amazon Unveils New Tool to Create Ads with Generative AI

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Chris McKay• October 25, 2023 • 1 min read

The new image generation functionality enables advertisers to transform standard product images into vivid, lifestyle scenes simply by selecting a product and clicking "Generate".

Amazon AI Tech

Amazon Rolls Out AI Vehicle Inspections for Safer, More Efficient Delivery Fleet

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Chris McKay• October 20, 2023 • 2 min read

The automated inspections help Amazon's delivery partners identify and address defects early, preventing more serious breakdowns or accidents. They also provide fleet analytics to optimize maintenance and replacement.

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IBM and AWS Expand Generative AI Collaboration

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Chris McKay• October 18, 2023 • 2 min read

The companies will collaborate to infuse generative AI into existing solutions for contact centers, platform services, and supply chain operations.

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Amazon Continues to Push Its AI Chips as an NVIDIA Alternative

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Chris McKay• October 17, 2023 • 2 min read

By aligning with Anthropic, AWS aims to showcase the capabilities of its silicon in generative models and convince companies its homegrown chips are best suited for the future of AI.

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Amazon Planning Major Overhaul to Search and Shopping with AI Assistant

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Chris McKay• October 3, 2023 • 2 min read

The initiative is a top priority for Amazon's senior leadership, including CEO Andy Jassy, who see enormous potential in using AI to revolutionize the way people shop online.

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Amazon Announces Strategic Collaboration with Anthropic and will Invest up to $4 Billion

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Chris McKay• September 25, 2023 • 2 min read

Anthropic will leverage AWS's computing infrastructure and specialized chips to build, train and deploy its models. AWS will be their primary cloud provider.

Amazon Alexa

Visualizing the Connected Home: A First Look at Alexa's Map View

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Chris McKay• September 20, 2023 • 2 min read

With Map View, users can create a digital floor plan of their home right within the Alexa app. The visual map puts connected devices into a real-world context that feels intuitive.

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Amazon's New Alexa Gets An Impressive Upgrade Powered By Generative AI

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Chris McKay• September 20, 2023 • 2 min read

While it shares some capabilities with chatbots like ChatGPT, Alexa's model focuses on skills like seamless smart home device control and serving up real-time information—all conversationally.

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Create Amazon Product Descriptions with New Generative AI Tools

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Chris McKay• September 13, 2023 • 2 min read

Sellers need only provide a brief product summary, and Amazon's algorithms will produce optimized titles, bullet points, and descriptive listings ready for review.

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How Amazon Missed Early Chances to Partner With OpenAI, Cohere and Anthropic

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Chris McKay• August 30, 2023 • 3 min read

In spite of AWS's predominance in cloud infrastructure services, accounting for 40% of global spending, its hiccups in AI development could become increasingly costly.

Amazon AI Tech

Amazon Tests AI-Generated Product Review Summaries

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Chris McKay• August 14, 2023 • 2 min read

This new initiative aims to distill the essence of multiple reviews into concise, easily digestible highlights presented directly on the product page.

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NVIDIA H100 GPUs Now Available on AWS for Leading-Edge AI

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Chris McKay• July 26, 2023 • 2 min read

The new EC2 P5 instances are particularly well-suited for training and running inference for increasingly complex LLMs and computer vision models.

Amazon Healthcare

Amazon Launches AWS HealthScribe to Automate Clinical Documentation with AI

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Chris McKay• July 26, 2023 • 2 min read

It provides an integrated, HIPAA-eligible, and user-friendly platform that streamlines the clinical documentation process, thereby allowing healthcare professionals to devote more time to patient care.

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Amazon Expands Generative AI Offerings with New Bedrock Features

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Chris McKay• July 26, 2023 • 2 min read

The updates include access to latest version of foundation models, a new model provider, and a capability to automate complex workflows.