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Amazon has revolutionized the competitive AI scene with the launch of Bedrock. An expansive suite of apps allows businesses to create their own AI-enabled chatbots, text messages and images tailored specifically to their needs. Powered by FMs from renowned Startups such as AI21, Anthropic and Stability AI, Amazon Bedrock allows customers to find the right model and solution for their business. Following CEO Andy Jassy’s commitment to large language models and Generative AI, Amazon is paving the way for innovative AI-driven technological advancement.
Amazon launches Bedrock - a suite of AI-powered applications designed to help businesses build chatbots, generate text, and create images. Accessible from AWS, Bedrock provides models from top AI providers such as AI21, Anthropic, and Stability AI. Structured around CEO Andy Jassy’s commitment to invest heavily in generative AI and large language models, Bedrock represents Amazon’s entrance into the tech world’s AI race.
At the 2021 G20 finance ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, India's FM Nirmala Sitharaman pushed for global crypto guidelines, citing risks of unregulated digital assets and potential destabilized economies. To address AI privacy and safety, the EDPB launched the ChatGPT working committee to develop industry standard regulations. Meanwhile, Andy Jassy's open letter to staff, shedding light on job losses due to the pandemic, urged looking into ethical decisions, suggesting collaboration to ensure responsible and ethical use of AI systems.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is joining the race to capitalize on OpenAI's popular ChatGPT technology, introducing two new large-language models, Titan, to generate text, web search personalization, summarizing content and writing blog drafts. Additionally, AWS customers can now access AI models from SenseTime, AI21 Labs, Anthropic & Stability AI through its Bedrock service. With Amazon's In-house AI hardware helping customers to reduce ML costs, its large-language models are already being used by the company's retail website & Alexa voice assistant.
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