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AI Girlfriend: Lamar's Desire for Children

As synthetic personas become normal, some turn to AI companions after human betrayal, finding simplicity and predictability. Lamar's story of betrayal by his girlfriend and best friend drives him towards AI companionship for emotional ease and trust.

Boosting LLM Inference Speed on Amazon SageMaker AI

Foundation models and large language models have rapidly scaled, with models like DeepSeek-V3 boasting 671 billion parameters. Deploying these models at scale is costly, but post-training quantization offers a practical solution to make large models more efficient for real-world applications.

Unlocking Crossmodal Search with Amazon Nova Embeddings

Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings simplifies crossmodal search by processing text, images, video, and audio in a single model architecture within Amazon Bedrock. This unified approach enables direct similarity calculations across different content types, eliminating the need for separate embedding models and improving user experience in ecommerce applications.

AI Threatens Publisher Traffic

Media companies anticipate a decline in web traffic from online searches due to AI summaries and chatbots. Majority plan to have journalists create short-form video and audio content akin to YouTube and TikTok.

Enhancing Sentiment Analysis with AWS Generative AI

Sentiment analysis is vital for modern enterprises to interpret customer emotions at scale. AWS offers tools like Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Comprehend to address challenges in text and voice-based sentiment analysis, enhancing customer experiences.

Revolutionizing Construction Safety with AI on Amazon SageMaker

TrueLook and AWS collaborated to create an AI-powered construction safety monitoring system that automatically detects PPE to improve accountability and reduce risks on construction sites. This innovative solution utilizes high-resolution cameras, live video streaming, and AI insights to identify safety issues in real-time, moving from manual checks to a scalable approach for enhancing overall ...

Arctic Secrets: Unlocking Winter Weather

Research scientist Judah Cohen at MIT uses AI tools to predict winter weather patterns based on Arctic conditions, like Siberian snow cover and polar vortex stability. His team's success in the 2025 AI WeatherQuest competition signals a breakthrough in subseasonal forecasting, filling a crucial gap in long-range weather prediction.

NVIDIA-Powered Robot Revolutionizing Elderly Care in Japan

Moonshot program aims to integrate AI-powered robots into Japanese daily life by 2050, with NVIDIA technology driving progress in senior care capabilities. Research projects focus on developing robots for tasks like cooking, cleaning, and hygiene care, with NVIDIA GPUs and Jetson modules powering AI processing for efficient training and development.

Protecting Privacy with Amazon Bedrock Data Automation

Automated PII detection and redaction solution by Amazon Bedrock ensures consistent protection of sensitive data in emails and attachments. The system offers secure data management workflows and a user-friendly interface for efficient communication management.

Efficient Kernel Ridge Regression in JavaScript

Article explores kernel ridge regression in JavaScript, showcasing model training and accuracy with Cholesky matrix inverse. Demo program highlights RBF kernel function and two main training techniques: matrix inverse and stochastic gradient descent.