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AWS CEO bats for responsible AI; says need to unlock GenAI's full potential

Advocating responsible AI, Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Adam Selipsky on Tuesday stressed on the need for unlocking Generative AI's full potential while mitigating risks and called for unprecedented collaborations and multi-stakeholder efforts spanning tech companies, policy-makers, community groups and academia towards this. Selipsky was speaking at the keynote of AWS re:Invent 2023, where he made a slew of announcements around strengthening Generative AI offerings. He affirmed that AWS is ready to help businesses reinvent with this "promising tool for innovation". At the technology giant's annual flagship event here, Selipsky spoke about AWS and chip major NVIDIA's strategic collaboration to offer new supercomputing infrastructure software and services for Generative AI, and announced Amazon Q, a new generative AI-powered assistant specifically designed for work. The company also announced the next-generation of two AWS-designed chip families AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2 tha

TCS ties up with Amazon Web Services to launch generative AI practice

The country's largest IT services exporter TCS on Monday announced its tie-up with Amazon Web Services to launch a dedicated generative artificial intelligence practice. The Tata Group company recently announced that it has imparted foundation training on GenAI for 1 lakh employees across the world. The practice will focus on using responsible AI frameworks and its "Paceport innovation hubs" to build a comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services for every industry sector, as per an official statement. It has already bagged a customer, with the world's largest hotel franchising company Wyndham Hotels and Resorts extending its strategic partnership with TCS and AWS to manage its digital transformation journey. Generative AI has captured the attention of enterprises globally for its potential to significantly reshape industries, the statement said, adding that TCS has already been working on GenAI with clients. TCS is at present focused on certifying over 25,000 employees on AW

Tech Mahindra launches sports cloud platform in collaboration with AWS

Tech Mahindra on Monday said it has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build a sports cloud platform for sporting enthusiasts worldwide. Tech Mahindra and AWS will offer a comprehensive digital platform to sports organizations, offering use cases related to content and community engagement, customer data management and audience segmentation, and sports analytics, the company said in a statement. The platform will also offer immersive stadium-to-home fan experiences by leveraging augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/ VR), and metaverse gamification. The cloud offering will also enable sports organizations to build and transform digital properties of sports teams and franchises and generate new revenue streams by developing new services and features tailored to audience needs. Tech Mahindra and AWS in September this year announced a strategic collaboration where both entities can participate in joint go-to-market initiatives and drive business growth. Tech Mahindra

Amazon's 'AI Ready' initiative to train 2 million in AI skills by 2025

An AWS study found that 73% employers prioritise applicants with AI skills and these candidates can earn up to 47% more in salaries

Here's how Amazon is going after Microsoft's cloud computing ambitions

Since 2016, Microsoft's customers and rivals, as well as regulators, have complained that the company makes it more expensive and cumbersome to run its programs and services on rival cloud providers

Infosys, AWS join hands to help financial clients accelerate cloud adoption

As part of the collaboration, Infosys and AWS aim to support financial organisations, like retail banking at NatWest Group, in accelerating their cloud adoption journeys

IBM, Amazon Web Services collaborate to set up innovation lab in Bangalore

IT company IBM on Tuesday said it has set up an innovation lab in Bangalore in collaboration with Amazon Web Services. IBM clients will be able to test prototypes of joint IBM-AWS solutions, including those related to generative AI, at the IBM Innovation Lab, the company said in a statement. Anuj Malhotra, Vice President and Senior Partner, Growth Platforms, IBM India Client Innovation Centre for IBM Consulting with the IBM Innovation Lab being launched in collaboration with AWS in India, the objective is to showcase the full potential of the joint value proposition that IBM and AWS offer to clients from across the world. "Clients can now experiment with the latest cloud-enabled technologies including generative AI in our lab, before actually implementing and scaling solutions on AWS," Malhotra said. The lab is a first of its kind for the IBM-AWS collaboration and is open to clients from around the world to explore joint IBM-AWS solutions and test prototypes and proofs of value tha

IBM partners with AWS to launch GenAI-focussed innovation lab in India

IBM Consulting plans to train and skill 10,000 consultants on AWS generative AI services by end of 2024

Amazon rolls out passkey support on browser, iOS devices for better safety

Passkey eliminates the step of entering the Amazon password. This is achieved by using the credentials to unlock the device

OTT releases this weekend: 5 movies or series to binge-watch this weekend

A plenty of movies are going to hit the OTT platforms this weekend. No matter what genre you love, there is something for you, here's the list of movies or series to watch this weekend

Govt, AWS working on Health IDs, will maintain digital health records

Developments come days after the data governance of the CoWIN platform was under question due to an alleged leak of user information collected during the pandemic for the COVID-19 vaccination drive

AWS, govt join hands to advance healthcare with UHI, integrated records

From CoWIN to U-WIN, AWS and government building tech to strengthen healthcare in the country

Genpact integrates GenAI in financial crime analysis to save time and costs

Genpact said it was the first company to provide a financial crime GenAI solution on Amazon Bedrock

Delhivery partners with Nexus Ventures, AWS for accelerator programme

Logistics company Delhivery has partnered with private equity firm Nexus Ventures and Amazon Web Services to launch an accelerator programme for budding entrepreneurs in the logistics space, a statement said on Tuesday. The programme, Velocity, will help build a logistic ecosystem to enable new entrepreneurs to convert their ideas into viable, functional business solutions, Delhivery Chief Technology Officer and Executive Director Kapil Bharati said. Leading cloud services provider AWS is providing activate cerdits of USD 25,000 (around Rs 21 lakh) to selected startups for building and scaling technology infrastructure. In the first edition of the programme, 20 out of 234 applicants were picked for providing mentorship, the statement said. Warehousing-focused ODWEN, Wherehouse, and Warehousity; EV fleet providers, including EVIFY and Zyngo, agritech startups such as Upjao Agrotech and E Sandhai and aggregator platforms Paapos, Hyphen SCS, and Loadexx were among the selected startu

CCMB moves 83 terabytes of genomics data to AWS cloud to boost research

CCMB has already reduced the time taken for research analysis from 550 days to just nine days, or by up to 98 per cent on average, with cloud computing services, AWS said

Amazon Web Services signs pact with Isro, IN-SPACe to advance capabilities

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with ISRO and IN-SPACe to support space-tech innovations through cloud computing. The collaboration with ISRO and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) is aimed at giving space startups, research institutes and students access to cloud technologies through AWS Activate for new solutions in the space sector, AWS said in a statement on Wednesday. The collaboration follows the approval to Indian Space Policy, 2023 in April by the government which provides a strategic roadmap for the growth and development of India's space programme using cloud computing, data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. AWS India and South Asia Director and Chief Technologist, Public Sector, Shalini Kapoor said the company is committed to helping startups identify use cases and accelerate solution development, and build a strong talent pool in India with expertise in cloud and space. "Cloud computing-led

Indian firms, SMBs go for digital transformation, AWS seizes opportunity

Amazon Web Services plans to invest $16.4 billion in India by 2030 as businesses adopt Cloud and AI technologies

Skill development ministry partners with AWS India for cloud skill training

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has collaborated with Amazon Web Services India to provide cloud skills training to 1,500 people, the company said on Tuesday. The initiative focuses on training 30,000 underprivileged youth, 50 per cent of whom will be women, it said. Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Atul Kumar Tiwari, said, "The collaboration is crucial for those who need cloud computing skills... it will open up more opportunities for women to pursue tech careers.

HCLTech partners with Amazon Web Services to drive GenAI's global adoption

HCLTech has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to push the adoption of generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) at the company and by enterprises globally. The collaboration aims to empower enterprises to leverage the power of AWS' advanced GenAI portfolio which includes Amazon CodeWhisperer, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Titan, AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia. Elaborating on the HCLTech-AWS alliance to accelerate GenAI adoption, the release said, "HCLTech intends to use Amazon CodeWhisperer with over 50,000 HCLTech engineers, cloud practitioners and developers to build secure applications and leverage AI responsibly, internally and for clients". The partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to exploring industry solutions leveraging AI advancements. Citing an example, it said HCLTech developed Ziva on AWS, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) bot for the financial services industry. "HCLTech has also been recognised as an ML-powered Amazon Connect launch partner, .

AP Dhillon Web Series: Cast, OTT streaming, release date, where to watch

The documentary of Indo-Canadian singer, "AP Dhillon: First Of A Kind" released today, August 18, on Amazon Prime Video. The series reveals who is AP Dhillon