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Hugging Face gets an Amazon treatment

To amplify the process of embracing natural language processing models via the power of AI, Amazon Web Service (AWS) chose to collaborate with Hugging Face, who are pursuing various ways to make this process elementary.

Amazon launches Lookout for Metrics, an AWS service to monitor business performance

2 weeks ago2 weeks ago Kyle Wiggers

Amazon today announced the general availability of Lookout for Metrics, a fully managed service that uses machine learning to monitor key factors impacting the health of enterprises. Launched at re: Invent 2020 last December in preview, Lookout for Metrics can now be accessed by most Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers via the AWS console and through supporting partners.

Amazon launches reinforcement learning tools to manage robots’ workflows

1 month ago2 weeks ago Kyle Wiggers

Amazon launched a new cloud-based reinforcement learning solution aimed at customers in robotics industries.

Amazon launches computer vision service to detect defects in manufactured products

1 month ago3 weeks ago Kyle Wiggers

Amazon announced the general availability of Amazon Lookout for Vision, a cloud service that analyzes images using computer vision and AI to spot product or process defects and anomalies in manufactured products. Amazon says Lookout for Vision, which is available in select Amazon Web Services (AWS) regions via the AWS console and suppo

What Andy Jassy’s ascension to CEO means for Amazon’s AI initiatives

2 months ago2 months ago Kyle Wiggers

This week, Jeff Bezos announced that he’ll step down as CEO at Amazon and transition to an executive chair role during the third quarter of this year. Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Andy Jassy will take his place, heading up a company currently valued at around $1.6 trillion. Jassy, who joined Amazon in 1997 and has led AWS since its inception in 2003, believes Amazon’s decision to double down on AI early differentiated it from the competition.

NVIDIA chucks its MLPerf-leading A100 GPU into Amazon’s cloud

5 months ago5 months ago Ryan Daws

NVIDIA’s A100 set a new record in the MLPerf benchmark last month and now it’s accessible through Amazon’s cloud. Amazon Web Services (AWS) first launched a GPU instance 10 years ago with the NVIDIA M2050. It’s rather poetic that, a decade on, NVIDIA is now providing AWS with the hardware to power the next generation…

Amazon now offers third-party solutions for contact center AI

8 months ago7 months ago Kyle Wiggers

Amazon launches monitoring service AWS IoT SiteWise in general availability

Amazon today announced the launch of AWS Contact Center Intelligence (CCI) solutions, a combination of services that enables customers to integrate contact centers with AI through partners in the AWS Partner Network.