Stability AI has released its latest text-to-image generation model, Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large, on Amazon’s Bedrock service. As reported by Sean Michael Kerner for VentureBeat, this marks AWS as the only public cloud service offering Stability AI’s flagship models. The integration allows enterprises to access multiple AI models through a single unified API, meeting the … Read more
Amazon Web Services has introduced Nova, a new family of artificial intelligence models designed for text, image and video generation. The announcement was made by CEO Andy Jassy at the AWS re:Invent conference. The Nova family consists of four text-generating models: Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier. Micro, Lite, and Pro are immediately available to AWS … Read more
Amazon Web Services has announced significant updates to its Q Business AI assistant platform, expanding its capabilities through new third-party integrations and workflow automation features. According to TechCrunch reporter Frederic Lardinois, the system can now connect with additional enterprise tools and perform actions across applications like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Smartsheet. Q Business will … Read more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled several significant artificial intelligence developments at its re:Invent 2024 conference. The announcements focus on new hardware, software, and services designed to enhance AI capabilities for business customers. The company introduced the general availability of its Trainium2 chips, which AWS claims are four times faster than their predecessors. These chips … Read more
Amazon has announced an additional $4 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Anthropic, bringing its total investment to $8 billion while maintaining a minority stake. The investment marks Amazon’s largest outside investment in its three-decade history. As part of the agreement, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will become Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner. Anthropic will … Read more
Amazon’s attempt to upgrade Alexa with generative AI capabilities has encountered significant challenges, according to internal documents obtained by Jason Del Rey at Fortune. The new version, codenamed Banyan, suffers from response delays and low customer satisfaction scores in testing. Documents reveal that the AI assistant’s latency issues could frustrate users, and nearly 10% of … Read more
Amazon is investing heavily in developing its own AI chips through Annapurna Labs, an Austin-based startup it acquired in 2015 for $350 million. The company aims to boost efficiency in its data centers and reduce costs for both itself and its AWS customers, the Financial Times reports. According to Dave Brown, vice-president of compute and … Read more
Anthropic is collaborating with Palantir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to give U.S. intelligence and defense agencies access to its Claude AI models, according to the company. As reported by Kyle Wiggers, the partnership will allow Claude to be used within Palantir’s defense-accredited platform, Impact Level 6 (IL6), which handles data critical to national security. … Read more
Amazon has been working to upgrade its Alexa voice assistant with artificial intelligence to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but the project has faced repeated delays. According to Austin Carr and Matt Day reporting for Bloomberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tested a prototype in summer 2023 and was initially optimistic, but the planned launch was pushed … Read more
Amazon has introduced a generative AI tool that enables brands to create audio ads in addition to images and videos, expanding its advertising offerings at the Amazon unBoxed conference. As AdWeek reports, this new feature allows advertisers to generate ads using minimal product information and is part of a broader suite of tools aimed at … Read more