Canadian organizations can now access advanced foundation models like Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 on Amazon Bedrock through cross-Region inference (CRIS), accelerating AI initiatives. CRIS enables higher throughput and performance, distributing inference processing across multiple AWS Regions securely.
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.
AI is accelerating violence against women and girls, with 1 in 4 people neutral about non-consensual deepfakes, warns UK police. Technology companies are complicit in this epidemic.
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports interactive development environments like JupyterLab and VS Code, streamlining ML development. The new add-on, Amazon SageMaker Spaces, allows for self-contained environments, maximizing GPU investments and simplifying development processes.
AI can both strain and support energy transition. It optimizes operations, predicts failures, and aids in discovering new materials. MIT's Data Center Power Forum tackles challenges of data center power demand.
AI-generated songs are now topping Spotify charts, challenging traditional music creation methods. One AI creator sees it as a valuable tool for expression, even without traditional musical training.
AI poses risks to democracy, but also offers opportunities for positive transformation in governance and politics. Authors Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier explore the impact of AI in their book Rewiring Democracy.
Greek teachers and students express worries about AI pilot program with OpenAI. 20 schools to train staff in ChatGPT for education under government partnership.
English-language websites, including mainstream news outlets, link to pro-Kremlin disinformation from the Pravda network. Institute for Strategic Dialogue study reveals over 80% of citations treat the network as credible, increasing its visibility.
Liz Kendall supports artists' rights to be paid for their work, signaling a shift from Peter Kyle's approach on AI use. She aims to find a balance for both sectors to prosper in the future.
Asos implements AI stylists to boost sales after 12% decline due to reduced discounts and returns. Analysts forecast further sales drop.
Matrix pseudo-inverses are versatile in machine learning, computed using methods like SVD and QR decomposition. An engaging personal anecdote highlights the complexity and application of pseudo-inverses in programming and chess.
Clifford Chance cuts 50 roles in London due to AI impact. PwC predicts AI may reduce future hirings.
The UK faces economic consequences as it surrenders to US tech monopolies, highlighting the need for a coordinated global response. Dependent on giants like Google and Facebook, the UK's optimistic view of the internet as a democratizing force is now challenged by economic realities.
AI ethics expert Krista Pawloski highlights the ethical challenges of AI moderation on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Pawloski's experience reveals the prioritization of speed over safety in AI content moderation tasks.