Consumers warned of AI-powered scams during sales season. 'Ghost store' operators deceive shoppers with fake local brands.
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 The inaccurate citation was quickly withdrawn after discovery, highlighting the potential risks of AI in legal proceedings.
Myriad Genetics partners with AWS to enhance healthcare document processing, reducing costs and improving speed with generative AI. Challenges with existing system addressed through Amazon Bedrock and Nova foundation models, optimizing document classification and key information extraction for high accuracy.
AI tools are now a standard in workplaces, transforming how work is done. To successfully integrate AI, address organizational debt and embrace distributed decision-making, as outlined in the AWS whitepaper by Jonathan Brill.
HP plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs worldwide in 3 years, using AI to accelerate product development and save $1bn annually. Lower profit outlook prompts HP to streamline operations, with layoffs expected to reach 6,000 by October 2028.
OpenAI denies responsibility for California teen's suicide linked to ChatGPT, claims misuse of system not cause of death. Lawsuit filed against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman by family of Adam Raine.
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.
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.
Amazon Nova Sonic offers real-time, natural voice interactions for telephony systems, ideal for call centers and automated receptionist use cases. Integrating with SIP infrastructure, Nova Sonic connects to traditional phone systems and cloud communications for seamless voice interactions.
Condé Nast modernizes contract processing with Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic’s Claude, boosting efficiency and accuracy. AWS develops automated solution for parsing, comparison, and data visualization, enhancing rights analysis workstreams for the media giant.
Amazon discontinues Lookout for Vision, recommends SageMaker for AI/ML computer vision models. AWS offers pre-trained defect detection model on Marketplace for fine-tuning.
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.
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.
Physical AI is transforming industries by creating intelligent systems that collaborate with humans. Diligent Robotics uses physical AI to develop mobile robots for hospitals, improving operations and customer experiences.
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.