Top 5 Announcements From The AWS Summit
eWeek, Friday, July 28,2023
The cloud computing leader announced a bevy of generative AI solutions at its Summit.
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On July 26, a packed Javits Center gathered to hear keynotes and sessions billed as 'The cloud event for everyone.' I attended the AWS Summit and I'll share my key takeaways - all focused on AI in some form.
Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Database, Analytics, and Machine Learning at AWS, delivered the keynote. I think it makes sense to quote Swami's accompanying blog post to set the scene.
'AI used to be the domain of a small group of researchers and data scientists,' he wrote. 'Today, you can't open a newsfeed without some reference to AI, specifically generative AI. It may come as a surprise, but the concepts of AI have been around since the 1950s.'