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Amazon AWS today announced the widespread availability of Trn2 instances based on its in-house team-developed AI training chip, Trainium2, with the launch of the Trn2 UltraServer large-scale AI training system, as well as the release of the next generation of the even more advanced 3nm-processed Trainium3 chip. A single Trn2 instance consists of 16 Trainium2 chips interconnected by an ultra-fast, high-bandwidth, low-latency NeuronLink interconnect, providing 20.8 petaflo...

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a new tool designed to address the problem of hallucinations generated by AI models. 1AI notes that at the re:Invent 2024 conference in Las Vegas, AWS introduced Automated Reasoning checks, a tool that verifies the accuracy of a model's response by cross-referencing information provided by customers. AWS claims that this is the "first" and "only" protection against illusions. However, this claim can be...

December 4, 2012 - Amazon today announced a new set of AI base models, branded as "Nova," that will be available through AWS' Amazon Bedrock model library. In a blog post, Amazon said there are now three "comprehension" models to choose from: Amazon Nova Micro: a text model optimized for "speed and cost". Amazon Nova Lite: a "very low-cost" multimodal model that can be fed images, video and text to generate text. Amaz...

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Benoit Dupin, Apple's senior director of machine learning and artificial intelligence, made an unexpected appearance at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent conference today, CNBC reports. Dupin revealed that Apple is using custom AI chips from Amazon Web Services in many of its cloud services. Apple is also evaluating using Amazon's latest AI chips to pre-train its Apple Intelligence models. Dupin said Apple has been using AWS chips for more than a decade, as ...

According to The Information, Amazon has developed a new set of generative AI models that can process images and videos in addition to text, reducing its reliance on Anthropic. The new model, code-named Olympus, will be able to understand scenes in images and videos and search for specific clips or scenes in videos, such as a kill shot in a basketball game, using simple text prompts, according to the report. It can also use AI models to make the "best coffee" or "raindrops on the ground", as well as simple text prompts...

Bloomberg yesterday (November 25) released a blog post, reported that Amazon in order to reduce dependence on Nvidia, has launched a "moon landing" (moonshot) plan, hoping to deploy 100,000 second-generation self-developed chips, improve data processing efficiency and reduce the cost of AI chip procurement. 1AI cited sources reported that Amazon set up an engineering laboratory in Austin, Texas, and set up a specialized team of engineers dedicated to the development of AI chips. The source said the lab atmosphere is similar to a startup, with engineers focusing on circuit board and cooling system improvements to optimize un...

Amazon is working on smart glasses designed to provide its couriers with navigation to, around and into buildings to optimize a smoother final leg of package delivery to customers' homes, Reuters reports. According to people familiar with the matter, the glasses will provide couriers with detailed route navigation through a small built-in screen, including information on turns, elevator options and obstacle avoidance. The move aims to improve delivery efficiency by saving valuable time. In addition, the smart glasses will free up the couriers' hands, allowing them to carry more packages. Amazon's move is aimed at reducing each parcel's...

November 1 news, according to foreign media The Verge reports, Amazon's new version of Alexa based on artificial intelligence reinvention of the official version has been delayed until next year. Amazon first announced the new version of Alexa in September last year, which is mainly based on the current voice assistant to obtain AI large model capabilities (similar to the addition of "Apple brand AI" Apple Intelligence Siri), the previous user can call the new Alexa through the Echo speaker. Previously, users could call the new Alexa through their Echo speaker to chat with it, but now Amazon has quietly...

Amazon has announced the launch of Rufus, a generative AI-based shopping assistant in the UK, which is now available for testing in the mobile app to some users. The assistant is trained to answer users' questions about shopping needs, products, and comparisons, and recommends products based on users' needs, helping them to more easily discover the products they need. Amazon has been actively using AI technology to improve the customer experience for the past 25 years. From personalized product recommendations to picking routes in warehouses to Alexa's conversational capabilities, AI has been integrated into many of Amazon's services. …

Recently, Amazon announced a major strategic move, acquiring a non-exclusive license from robotics startup Covariant and bringing about a quarter of its employees under its wing. The core of this transaction is that Amazon hopes to use Covariant's robotics foundation model to enhance its innovation capabilities in the field of automation. Covariant's founding team, including Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen and Rocky Duan, will join Amazon's artificial intelligence and robotics team in Silicon Valley. Note: Figure…

The Washington Post published a blog post yesterday (August 27) reporting that Amazon is internally developing a new AI model called "Remarkable Alexa" to join the fierce AI competition. The AI model, internally codenamed "Project Banyan" and expected to be released by Amazon in October 2024, will analyze how people use existing AI models and pick out the parts that users need most, the source said. Citing sources, the AI model will help customers curate, summarize, and explore headlines, interest...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy posted on his LinkedIn homepage yesterday that after integrating Amazon's generative AI development assistant "Amazon Q" into the internal system, using the new code conversion function, Amazon Q has reduced the average time for developers to upgrade applications to Java 17 from about 50 days to a few hours, saving an estimated one year of work for about 4,500 developers. For software development teams, one of the most tedious (but most critical) tasks is to update the basic software. This is not the work of new features, and it doesn't feel...

According to the Form 8-K document submitted by entertainment technology company Xperi to the US SEC on the 14th of this month, Amazon.com Services LLC will buy most of the assets and certain liabilities of Xperi subsidiary Perceive for US$80 million (currently about RMB 571 million). Amazon.com Services LLC is Amazon Services LLC, one of the core companies of Amazon Group. Perceive is a…

Recently, the cooperation between Amazon and artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has triggered an investigation by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The investigation is about whether Amazon's $4 billion investment in Anthropic will affect market competition. The CMA said that they have enough information to believe that this cooperation may have an adverse impact on the UK market, so they decided to conduct an in-depth investigation. Source Note: The picture is generated by AI, and the picture licensing service provider Midjourney Amazon expressed disappointment and believed that this investigation was unnecessary...

At the Amazon Web Services New York Summit, Amazon Web Services announced a number of new technologies and services designed to make it easier to build AI applications. Here are the main announcements: Amazon Q Apps: This service allows users to create applications based on simple descriptions, even without a technical background. Amazon Q Apps is part of Amazon Q Business and can support a variety of tasks such as software development, data analysis insights, and content creation. Amazon Q Developer: Now integrated into Amazon…

According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon's business unit focused on voice assistant Alexa lost as much as $25 billion (currently about 182.1 billion yuan) between 2017 and 2021. Although Amazon claims to have sold more than 500,000 Alexa devices, including Echo smart speakers, Kindle e-book readers, etc., Alexa has been difficult to make a profit. Amazon has reportedly adopted a looser financial management of the Alexa hardware department, prioritizing innovation and long-term benefits. The company once stated that…

Amazon has announced that its generative AI shopping assistant Rufus is now available to all US customers after five months of limited testing. Amazon says Rufus is designed to help you save time and make smarter shopping decisions. It can answer a wide range of shopping needs and product questions, "just like having a shopping assistant with you." Users can ask Rufus a variety of questions by tapping an icon in the Amazon app to bring up a text chat interface, such as identifying a durable outdoor speaker model, comparing running shoes, or getting order updates. Rufus…

Amazon recently announced a technology licensing agreement with AI startup Adept, whose co-founders and some team members will join the e-commerce giant.Adept focuses on developing AI "agents" capable of performing a variety of software tasks, and its technology will support Amazon's expansion in the area of generative AI. Adept is focused on developing AI "agents" that can perform a variety of software tasks. According to Geekwire, Adept co-founder and CEO David Luan will join Amazon, along with co-founders Augustus Odena, Maxwell Nye, Erich Els...

In order to ensure that customers receive satisfactory products, Amazon has used a powerful weapon - "Project PI". This system, which combines generative AI and computer vision technology, can find damaged, wrong-color or wrong-size products before they are delivered to customers. The specific workflow is as follows: the goods to be delivered will pass through a tunnel equipped with a scanning device. The computer vision program (an AI technology that can analyze the content of an image) will check whether the product has defects. If a problem is found, the system will separate the product and conduct a defect assessment, while...

Amazon's cloud computing division AWS has reportedly suspended orders for Nvidia's most advanced "superchip" Grace Hopper in anticipation of a new, more powerful product, Grace Blackwell (GH200). The move comes as investors worry that Nvidia will see a demand slump between product cycles. In March, Nvidia released a new generation of processors called Blackwell, less than a year after its predecessor, Hopper, began shipping to customers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the new product is effective in training large language...

Amazon recently released the AI assistant Amazon Q on its official website, which has attracted widespread attention. The assistant is similar to ChatGPT and can generate creative text, code, summarize documents, analyze data and other functions. In addition to the basic version of Amazon Q, Amazon also launched Amazon Q Business for enterprises and Amazon Q Developer for professional developers. The main feature of the Amazon Q Business version is that it can ask text questions or analyze data based on internal enterprise data.

Amazon has announced the beta testing of Maestro, an AI-generated song list feature for its Amazon Music music app, to a limited number of U.S. users. Users can enter a variety of prompts (including traditional text prompts, emojis, and combinations thereof) to have the feature generate unique, customized song lists in seconds, and Maestro has a list of suggested prompts to choose from at the bottom of the page. Specifically, if the user enters 🤖, then Maestro will provide a list of tracks about electronics and robotics. Amazon also lists a series of official...

Amazon executive Stefano Larovere said in an interview recently that robots and automation technology will not replace existing human jobs, but will improve their work efficiency. Larovere, Amazon's global director of robotics, mechatronics and sustainable packaging, told CNBC's "Street Signs Europe" that "technology and robots completely replacing human jobs will only exist in myths." Amazon said that in the past five years, it has spent $751 million (currently about 5.445 billion yuan) on its...

Amazon announced today that Andrew Ng has joined the Amazon board of directors, effective April 9. Amazon said that artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI, is one of the most transformative innovations of this era. Dr. Andrew Ng is a global leader in artificial intelligence and education. He has worked in academia and the private sector to develop machine learning and deep learning algorithms and support companies in the development and adoption of artificial intelligence applications. Dr. Ng has written or co-authored more than 200 research papers on machine learning, robotics, and other related fields, bringing innovations to a range of emerging technologies…