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19 Nov

Customize small language models on AWS with automotive terminology | Amazon Web Services

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In the rapidly evolving world of AI, the ability to customize language models for specific industries has become more important. Although large language models (LLMs) are adept at handling a wide range of tasks with natural language, they excel at general purpose tasks as compared with specialized tasks. This can create challenges when processing text data from highly specialized domains with their own distinct terminology or specialized tasks where intrinsic knowledge of the LLM is not well-suited for solutions such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). For instance, in the automotive industry, users might not always provide specific diagnostic trouble codes…

19 Nov

Cisco’s 2024 AI Readiness Index: Urgency Rises, Readiness Falls

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Second annual report shows the race to get AI right is on, with a critical focus on networking infrastructure News Summary: Leaders feel the pressure; 98% report increased urgency to deliver on AI and 85% believe they have less than 18 months to act.Networks are not equipped to meet AI workloads; only 21% of companies report having the necessary GPUs to meet current and future AI demands.Only 13% say they are fully ready to capture AI’s potential – down from 14% last year. Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking and security, today announced the findings from the second annual AI…

19 Nov

Ambiq and Edge Impulse Enable Low-Power Scalable AI

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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductors and solutions enabling Edge AI, joins the Edge Impulse ecosystem to bring scalable AI model deployment on the Apollo4 Plus. AI developers can harness the power advantages of Ambiq’s 4th generation Apollo System-on-Chip to deploy sophisticated edge AI such as speech, health, and other AI models through Edge Impulse’s platform. The Apollo4 Plus uses the proprietary Subthreshold Power Optimization Technology (SPOT®) platform to deliver 10X more efficiency for AI processing vs. other Arm M4-based solutions, making it an ideal platform for AI developers who want to add more complex AI models to their…

19 Nov

AMD Accelerates Exascale Computing to New Heights Powering El Capitan

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El Capitan, powered by the AMD Instinct MI300A APU, becomes the second AMD supercomputer to surpass the Exascale barrier, placing #1 on the Top500 list — ─ AMD continues setting the standard for HPC, powering 50 percent of the top ten fastest and 40 percent of the ten most energy efficient supercomputers in the world— ─ IBM and AMD announce collaboration to deploy AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud ─ Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) showcased its ongoing high performance computing (HPC) leadership at Supercomputing 2024 by powering the world’s fastest supercomputer for the sixth straight Top500 list. The El Capitan supercomputer, housed at…

19 Nov

SAS signs European Commission’s AI Pact

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A responsible AI leader, SAS commits to applying EU AI Act principles ahead of schedule Global data and AI leader SAS has signed the European Commission’s AI Pact, joining more than 130 companies accelerating adoption of the European Union AI Act’s principles within their organizations. The pledge encourages companies to advance AI governance, identify high-risk AI systems and promote AI literacy, which are all requirements of the Act. These efforts align with the SAS commitment to responsible innovation and are already well underway, according to Reggie Townsend, Vice President, Data Ethics, SAS. “As a nearly 50-year-old data and AI company, SAS has wrestled with…

19 Nov

The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI

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The US Patent and Trademark Office banned the use of generative artificial intelligence for any purpose last year, citing security concerns with the technology as well as the propensity of some tools to exhibit “bias, unpredictability, and malicious behavior,” according to an April 2023 internal guidance memo obtained by WIRED through a public records request. Jamie Holcombe, the chief information officer of the USPTO, wrote that the office is “committed to pursuing innovation within our agency” but are still “working to bring these capabilities to the office in a responsible way.”Paul Fucito, press secretary for the USPTO, clarified to WIRED…

19 Nov

How InsuranceDekho transformed insurance agent interactions using Amazon Bedrock and generative AI | Amazon Web Services

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This post is co-authored with Nishant Gupta from InsuranceDekho. The insurance industry is complex and overwhelming, with numerous options that can be hard for consumers to understand. This complexity hinders customers from making informed decisions. As a result, customers face challenges in selecting the right insurance coverage, while insurance aggregators and agents struggle to provide clear and accurate information. InsuranceDekho is a leading InsurTech service that offers a wide range of insurance products from over 49 insurance companies in India. The service operates through a vast network of 150,000 point of sale person (POSP) agents and direct-to-customer channels. InsuranceDekho uses…

19 Nov

Generate and evaluate images in Amazon Bedrock with Amazon Titan Image Generator G1 v2 and Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Amazon Web Services

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Recent enhancements in the field of generative AI, such as media generation technologies, are rapidly transforming the way businesses create and manipulate visual content. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies such as AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral AI, Stability AI, and Amazon through a single API, along with a broad set of capabilities to build generative AI applications with security, privacy, and responsible AI. With that, it brings functionalities such as model customization, fine-tuning, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). In your business, you might want…

19 Nov

Generate AWS Resilience Hub findings in natural language using Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Web Services

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Resilient architectures are the foundation upon which successful businesses are built. However, keeping up with the latest advancements and making sure your systems are resilient can be a daunting task. Between monitoring, analyzing, and documenting architectural findings, a lack of crucial information can leave your organization vulnerable to potential risks and inefficiencies. Even when architectural assessments are conducted, the reports can be highly technical and challenging to comprehend for key stakeholders. In this post, we explore how to use the power of AWS Resilience Hub and Amazon Bedrock to bridge this gap and streamline the process of sharing architectural findings…

19 Nov

How MSD uses Amazon Bedrock to translate natural language into SQL for complex healthcare databases | Amazon Web Services

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This post is co-written with Vladimir Turzhitsky, Varun Kumar Nomula and Yezhou Sun from MSD. Generative AI is transforming the way healthcare organizations interact with their data. Large language models (LLMs) can help uncover insights from structured data such as a relational database management system (RDBMS) by generating complex SQL queries from natural language questions, making data analysis accessible to users of all skill levels and empowering organizations to make data-driven decisions faster than ever before. Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (hereinafter “MSD”) is a leading global pharmaceutical company that has been inventing medicines and vaccines for over…