Amazon has just completed a huge $4 billion investment in a company called Anthropic.
This is a big deal for artificial intelligence (AI). Amazon’s investment shows that it believes in AI’s power to change businesses and everyday lives.
Together, Amazon and Anthropic are working to make advanced AI more available to people and businesses around the world.
“We have a notable history with Anthropic, together helping organizations of all sizes around the world to deploy advanced generative artificial intelligence applications across their organizations,” said Dr. Swami Sivasubramanian, vice president of Data and AI at AWS
They’re focusing on something called Claude on Amazon Bedrock. This effort is all about improving how we experience digital services, making businesses more innovative, and speeding up the adoption of AI technologies.
Earlier on 20th March 2024, Anthropic reveals their partnership with Amazon web service:
Today we announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Accenture. All three organizations provide key resources to take generative AI ideas from concept to production, especially those in regulated sectors where accuracy, reliability, and data security are paramount. Enterprises will be able to deploy models to address their specific needs while keeping their data private and secure.
Anthropic has decided to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its most important work. This includes research and creating new AI models. By choosing AWS, Anthropic will be able to use some of Amazon’s technology to build and share its AI models more effectively. Amazon Bedrock will play a big role in this, offering a variety of AI tools for customers to use.
“Anthropic’s visionary work with generative AI, most recently the introduction of its state-of-the-art Claude 3 family of models, combined with Amazon’s best-in-class infrastructure like AWS Tranium and managed services like Amazon Bedrock further unlocks exciting opportunities for customers to quickly, securely, and responsibly innovate with generative AI. Generative AI is poised to be the most transformational technology of our time, and we believe our strategic collaboration with Anthropic will further improve our customers’ experiences. we look forward to what’s next.”
All kinds of industries, from sports to healthcare, are starting to use AI in new ways. Thanks to Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic’s Claude AI models, companies are creating better experiences for their customers. The most advanced of these models, Claude 3 Opus, is showing it’s smarter in some ways than other AI models out there, like OpenAI’s GPT-4.
Dr. Swami Sivasubramanian from AWS talks about how this partnership with Anthropic is very exciting. He says that AI is going to change technology in huge ways, and this partnership will help customers innovate in secure and ethical ways.
Here is what people are saying:
Claude 3 Opus is fantastic
— Not A Robot (@dav_ell) March 28, 2024
However, some people are considering this as a threat:
Is this anticompetitive practice another example of BIG TECH taking control over DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES before they become a threat??
— Market Vice (@VICEMarkets) March 28, 2024
The memes are crazy on the internet, like always:
(hopefully this joke will not be lost) pic.twitter.com/KBuzhlU2KU
— Scott (@greatscottmusic) March 28, 2024
This partnership is also about ensuring that AI is used properly, especially in fields with many rules, like healthcare and banking. Amazon, Anthropic, and Accenture are working together to make it easier for organizations to start using AI in ways that fit their needs.
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