subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis
Amazon spends $2.75 billion on AI startup Anthropic in its largest venture investment yet
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Quick Glance: Amazon Invests $2.75 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
- Amazon makes its largest external investment in a KI-startup called Anthropic to gain an edge in the artificial intelligence race.
- Anthropic closed five different funding rounds worth about $7.3 billion and competes directly with OpenAI.
- Cloud providers like Amazon Web Services are heavily investing in AI to stay competitive and benefit from partnerships with AI developers like Anthropic.
- The Federal Trade Commission is investigating partnerships between AI developers and major cloud service providers like Google and Amazon to examine potential illegal practices.
Nvidia could be primed to be the next AWS: The question is whether Nvidia can sustain that growth to become a long-term revenue powerhouse like AWS has become ...
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As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot real estate: Cheap low-carbon energy? What's not to love...
theregister.com/2024/03/25/ai_boom_nuclear/
Nvidia Confirms New and Expanded Partnerships with Amazon, Google, Microsoft and More
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Quick Glance: Nvidia Expands Partnerships with Chinese EV Makers
- Nvidia expands collaborations with Chinese automakers to advance self-driving vehicles and AI technology.
- BYD to utilize Nvidia's Drive Thor chips for autonomous driving and digital functions.
- Chinese auto brands intensify partnerships with Nvidia to enhance global presence.
- Nvidia announces partnerships with companies like Cerence and Lenovo for AI technology development.
'Troublemakers' Block Amazon HQ Over Plan to Link Data Centers With Gas Pipeline: "Amazon is breaking its Climate Pledge by powering new data centers with ...
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How 19 years of Amazon Prime has satisfied our need for speed: Just as Engadget was hitting publish on its first posts, I was putting a freshly minted English ...
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YouTube is down too, site confirms: Several social media websites are experiencing outages on Tuesday morning. YouTube confirmed that some users are having ...
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Quick Glance: YouTube Confirms Outages Amid Social Media Crisis
- Multiple social media platforms are facing outages on Tuesday morning. YouTube has confirmed issues with video loading, while Discord, Meta's Threads, Facebook, and Instagram are also down.
- Users may encounter empty home pages, error messages, and loading issues on YouTube Shorts, as per a Google support post.
- YouTube provided an update on the situation via its X account, directing users to the support page.
- The cause of these widespread outages remains unclear, with cloud service providers like AWS not reporting any issues. Meta and Google have the capacity to operate independent data centers, reducing the likelihood of such outages.
After AWS and Google, Microsoft says it's removing Azure 'egress' data transfer fees -- but with...
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EU antitrust team probing Microsoft ties between Entra ID and 365 services: Google claims rival has made an 'art and science' out of licensing
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Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS: Using the large cloud computing providers is convenient, but not exactly cheap. Ubicloud ...
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Amazon's AWS removes data transfer fees for clients switching to rivals: Amazon's AWS said on Tuesday that customers who want to transfer their data to another ...
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Amazon goes nuclear, acquires Cumulus Data's atomic datacenters for $650M: E-commerce giant on the hook for 480MW of power from Susquehanna plant
theregister.com/2024/03/04/amazon_acquires_cumulus_nuclear_datacenter/
Amazon supports sustainable start-ups through the Sustainability Accelerator: Amazon says it wants to increasingly support sustainable start-ups through its ...
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Anthropic says its new Claude 3 AI chatbot scores better on key benchmarks than GPT-4
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Companies flush money down the drain with overfed Kubernetes cloud clusters: Just 13% of provisioned CPUs, 20% of memory utilized, study finds
theregister.com/2024/03/01/kubernetes_cluster_overprovisioning/
Amazon Cancels Fees for Customers Moving to Rival Cloud Services: Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud services division is halting fees it has long charged customers that ...
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Amazon's AWS to launch Saudi Arabia data centers, invest over $5.3 bln: Amazon.com's cloud division Amazon Web Services said on Monday it will launch data ...
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Nearly 30 years after Amazon was founded, we still don’t really know where its profits come from, Stacy Mitchell writes. The answer will loom large in the ... Show more theatln.tc/PX4PDn0x
Tech giant Amazon's $7.5b NZ data centre plan quietly put on hold: Customers were told data centres would open this year, but Amazon hasn't resolved ...
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Amazon invests billions in Saudi Arabia: The tech giant is spending $5.3 billion on new data centers in Saudi Arabia. This is intended to support the increasing ...
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Amazon's AWS to invest over $5 bln to boost cloud computing in Mexico: Amazon Web Services Mexico (AWS), a unit of Amazon.com Inc , announced on Monday it will ...
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Airtable brings AI summarization to paying users: Airtable is making AI features available for an additional $6 that lets users summarize and reformat their data ...
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Amazon will let sellers paste a link so AI can make a product page: Amazon will begin rolling out the new AI tool that lets sellers paste a link to generate ...
theverge.com/2024/3/13/24099685/amazon-generative-ai-dtc-link-sellers
Quick Glance: EU AI Act Approved by European Parliament
- The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of the AI Act, positioning the EU as a global leader in regulating AI software.
- The legislation establishes a risk-based framework for AI, applying rules and requirements based on the level of risk associated with the use case.
- Penalties for non-compliance under the Act can reach up to 7% of global annual turnover or €35M.
- The AI Act, shaped through extensive negotiations, is expected to be fully implemented by mid-2027.
Google Cloud Cautions Against Microsoft's Monopoly Move in Cloud Computing - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alp
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Here's why Amazon and Jeff Bezos are joining the Dow Jones 30: The online retail giant's place in the corporate firmament is cemented with membership in the Dow.
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Amazon’s Big Secret: Nearly 30 years after the company was founded, we still don’t really know where its profits come from. The answer will loom large in the ...
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The Lifeblood of the AI Boom: Applications such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have captured the world’s imagination—but AI companies are focused on something else.
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Can’t be in downtown San Jose for NVIDIA's #GTC24 ? You can still be part of the action! Starting in 5 minutes on venturebeat.com/ , lead writer Dean Takahashi brings you ... Show more
Why Amazon's AWS Is Paying $650 Million for Access to Nuclear Power: Cloud providers are increasingly turning to nuclear energy to meet the insatiable energy ...
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Exclusive: AWS, Accenture and Anthropic partner to accelerate enterprise AI adoption
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AI and cloud investments dominate Saudi Arabia's LEAP tech summit: Amazon Web Services and DataVolt were among the companies that made significant cloud ...
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Wyze outage leaves customers without camera coverage overnight: Company points to "AWS partner" for cameras disappearing from users' apps.
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Amazon's AWS Acquires Nuclear-Powered Data Center in Pennsylvania for $650 Million, Expanding Cloud Computing Dominance
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An Amazon executive on the company's place in the AI race: A leader of Amazon's cloud computing business says that "generative AI very directly was enabled ...
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I stopped buying from Amazon four years ago: I wasn't comfortable with Amazon's environmental impact - I haven't bought anything on the platform for four years.
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Amazon Bedrock adds Claude 3 Sonnet; Haiku and Opus ready soon: Amazon Bedrock, a service that lets developers add generative AI to their applications ...
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Amazon announces billion-dollar investments in Mexico: The Amazon subsidiary AWS is planning a center for cloud technologies in central Mexico ...
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Salesforce shares slip after the company calls for single-digit full-year revenue growth
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Nvidia against the rest of the world: The race for the super chips: Artificial intelligence requires special semiconductor components. They come from the stock ...
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What is Microsoft Azure?: The Microsoft Azure Cloud brings together more than 200 different cloud services. This article provides information about who they are ...
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Clumio raises $75M to automate cloud data backup and recovery: Clumio, a data backup and recovery provider for companies using the public cloud ...
techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/clumio-data-backups-series-d-raise-75-million/
Wyze security issue exposed private cameras to 13,000 strangers: A security incident last week let thousands of Wyze users see other customers’ cameras.
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Amazon bets $150 billion on data centers required for AI boom: The spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to maintain its grip on the cloud ...
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People With This Skill May Get More Than 54% Salary Hike In India, Reveals Report
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Quick Glance: UN adopts groundbreaking global AI resolution
- The resolution underscores the need for guidelines for safe, trustworthy AI systems and excludes military AI.
- It promotes the positive potentials of AI, calls for bridging digital divides and ensuring equitable access to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- The resolution was a step forward to address the promises and risks of AI, aiming to support developing countries.
- Concerns regarding negative impacts of AI on human rights and data protection are highlighted, emphasizing the need for responsible regulation of the technology.
More security through data classification: Anyone who deals with data management and cybersecurity risk management cannot avoid dividing their data into ...
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Amazon Stock AI Push: Can AWS Hold Off Microsoft And Google In Cloud?: Amazon stock bolted 11% higher in two days this month. Yet its AWS cloud unit faces ...
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Amazon knows you don't have the AI skills for tomorrow, and has a plan to help
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I quit buying from Amazon 4 years ago; here's what I've learned: By stopping her purchases from Amazon in 2020, she could limit impulse buying. However ...
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Amazon building in Auckland held up due to stormwater plans: The building of Amazon's first new data centre in Auckland is delayed by its stormwater design.
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AWS will add Mistral open source AI models to Amazon Bedrock: It makes total sense for AWS to offer a wide range of models, and the move follows its cloud ...
venturebeat.com/ai/aws-will-add-mistral-open-source-ai-models-to-amazon-bedrock/
Quick Glance: California Lawmakers Tackle AI Regulations Amid Congressional Delay
- In May 2023, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, called for stricter laws as major companies lack regulation.
- Despite the expansion of large AI models, the proposed scrutiny and regulations by Altman have not been implemented.
- Experts caution about AI risks, while California lawmakers introduce legislation that could set a precedent.
- The California bill would mandate safety testing for AI models before public release and provide legal recourse for any harm caused.
Amazon reported fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations Thursday and delivered an optimistic outlook for the months ahead ... Show more yhoo.it/3SL8RY9
Amazon Stock AI Push: Can AWS Hold Off Microsoft And Google In Cloud?: Amazon stock bolted 11% higher in two days this month. Yet its AWS cloud unit faces ...
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How Amazon Web Services' AI, machine learning technology is shaping NFL's future: Amazon Web Services' Head of Sports Julie Souza couldn't be happier with how ...
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Westcon and Cisco Enter AWS Marketplace Agreement: Westcon-Comstor expands partnership with Cisco. The goals are to provide channel partners with growth ...
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King George, Amazon remain at impasse over data centers: New members of Board of Supervisors canceled an earlier agreement over data centers and want to ...
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Amazon and Snowflake partner to enable modern data streaming pipeline with Snowpipe and Kinesis Data Firehose
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5 Things to Know About Amazon’s Automatic AI Listings: Amazon takes the grunt work out of selling in its marketplace, with AI that auto-generates product ...
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🗑️ Clean is in! The campaign for a clean Augsburg is starting a new round.
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Cloud optimization trends: What Amazon, Microsoft, Google are saying: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google all said this year that cloud optimization is waning as ...
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Paid articlePaid Amazon cloud pays barely $1m tax on $391m NZ revenues: A deep dive into the big tech company's finances reveals it's charging NZ firms and government ...
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IPv4 address rentals to mint millions of dollars for AWS: You were warned
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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky says more than 10,000 organizations are using Bedrock
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How to choose an AI-as-a-service provider: AIaaS can help you jumpstart your AI projects, but there are some details you need to know ...
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Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile: Amazon Web Services (AWS) flipped the switch on its new IPv4 address pricing scheme on ...
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Silver lining to Amazon’s stalled plan for a NZ ‘cloud region’: Analysis: The delay to building data centres is a last chance to build a healthy relationship ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/08/silver-lining-to-amazons-stalled-plan-for-a-nz-cloud-region/
Forcing workers back to the office is 'dinosaur management': expert : Working culture has changed forever, and trying to micromanage workers will cause top ...
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Technology is accelerating at a rapid pace—and so are technical skills. While soft skills are the most essential skill set one can possess in their career ... Show more trib.al/gLmnaHK
What Is Amazon AppStream 2.0? Its Business Benefits: With Amazon AppStream 2.0 you will have access to the latest version of your applications both quickly and ...
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Workers with AI skills can expect higher salaries - depending on their role: Employers are willing to pay up to 44% more for AI-skilled workers in IT and 41% ...
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Introducing the NFL Women’s Forum Class of 2024! During Combine in Indy, these 40 women will connect with NFL leaders to provide insight and networking ... Show more #FutureIsNow #WomensForum
Amazon Bedrock tested: With Bedrock, Amazon Web Services wants to make it easier for you to set up GenAI applications. Read how this works in practice.
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Keeper Security Joins AWS Partner Network: An overview of their own IT security, for example through simple and reliable password management ...
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Ingo Wachter moves from Amazon Web Services to Sophos: To strengthen its enterprise business in the DACH region, Sophos has brought in the experienced manager ...
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Omantel and AWS Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Cloud Adoption in Oman
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