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Enhance Security with Bedrock AgentCore Gateway Interceptors

Enterprise AI deployments face a scaling challenge in managing secure access to thousands of tools. Amazon Bedrock introduces gateway interceptors for fine-grained security and dynamic access control, addressing complex schema translation and data protection between MCP and downstream APIs.

Inaccurate AI: California Prosecutors' Misstep

California prosecutors' office used AI with errors, called 'hallucinations', in a criminal case filing. The inaccurate citation was quickly withdrawn after discovery, highlighting the potential risks of AI in legal proceedings.

Immersive Theater with AWS AI at UCLA

UCLA's OARC and REMAP collaborated to create AI microservices for an immersive Xanadu musical production. AWS services supported real-time media creation by audience members using mobile phone gestures.

Breakthrough AI Creates Molecules for Tough Diseases

MIT Jameel Clinic hosted a BoltzGen seminar featuring Hannes Stärk, introducing the groundbreaking protein binder generator. BoltzGen's unique capabilities challenge traditional protein design methods, with potential to revolutionize drug development.

Warner Bros. Discovery: 60% Cost Savings & Faster ML with AWS Graviton

Warner Bros. Discovery leverages AWS Graviton-based Amazon SageMaker AI instances for ML inference, achieving 60% cost savings and 7-60% latency improvements. With a focus on personalized content recommendations for 125M+ users globally, they balance scalability and cost efficiency in a diverse digital entertainment landscape.

Accelerating Generative AI with EAGLE Decoding

Amazon SageMaker AI introduces enhancements to its inference optimization toolkit, including EAGLE speculative decoding for faster, more efficient model inference. By training EAGLE 2 or EAGLE 3 heads, users can optimize performance using their own data for workload-specific results, improving inference without compromising quality.

AI Revolutionizing University Lectures

Dr. Talia Hussain criticizes lecturers for using AI to create teaching materials due to lack of incentives. Recent doctoral graduate highlights challenges of preparing modules for one-time teaching on precarious contracts.

Uncovering the Flaw in LLMs

MIT study reveals large language models (LLMs) can give wrong answers due to learned grammatical patterns. Researchers develop benchmarking procedure to mitigate risks of LLMs producing harmful content.

AI Regulations: Europe vs. US

EU and US ease AI regulations for growth; Nvidia reports strong earnings amid fears of a bursting AI bubble. Meta avoids breakup like Google, as AI transforms journalism-audience dynamics.

Unleash GPT-OSS Models with Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI GPT-OSS models with 20B and 120B parameters, offering advanced reasoning capabilities. Organizations can seamlessly migrate to AWS for enhanced security and scalability while deploying GPT-OSS models with ease for various applications.