Users of the Amazon Alexa digital assistant platform may not realize it, but when they ask the smart device to tell them the day’s weather, it triggers one of the most complex artificial intelligence applications in the world. That is because Alexa, which now handles billions of customer interactions every week, is composed of over […]

Keeping the Earth sustainable and minimizing carbon emissions is a high priority for businesses globally, and Amazon Web Services Inc. is helping these enterprises with sustainable cloud computing, using machine learning and artificial intelligence to help reduce carbon emissions. Data is needed to understand how to further progress sustainability goals and identify where enterprises individually […]

After a two-year epic run in tech stocks, 2022 has been an epically bad year in the market. Through yesterday, the Nasdaq composite index is down 30%, the S&P 500 is off 21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 16% and the poor HODLers of bitcoin have had to endure a nearly 60% decline year-to-date. […]

Even after decades of sci-fi franchises such as “Star Wars,” we still can’t get enough of space — and that’s because there’s still room to render science fiction real. With ongoing operations on Mars, Lunar Outpost Inc. is now working on getting to the moon and creating infrastructures that can serve as a launchpad to […]

Everyone has had a bad experience with customer service. Whether it’s being held in a phone queue forever or trying to get a not-so-smart chatbot to understand what you need, the frustration of not having your situation simply and speedily resolved is relatable. Thankfully, technology is advancing to make the automated customer service experience a […]

There’s been industry consensus on the impact of emerging technologies: Artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation are the next frontiers in enterprise computing, and we’re seeing that inflection point take hold right now. PepsiCo Inc. has certainly reaped its fair share of rewards, with AI and ML now powering the company’s e-commerce business. “I think […]

Amazon Web Services Inc.’s event trilogy started 10 years ago with re:Invent, extended into the security sphere with re:Inforce and headed out into the wild frontiers of machine learning, automation, robotics and space with re:MARS. If the evolution of events can be seen as a map of the technological change Amazon has fostered, re:MARS is […]

This week’s Amazon re:MARS event spotlighted cutting edge technologies, including machine learning, automation, robotics and space exploration. Machine learning, in particular, has seen advanced by leaps and bounds recently, and one such project is Amazon Web Services Inc.’s DeepRacer program. “DeepRacer is the fastest way to get hands-on with machine learning,” said Mike Miller (pictured), director of […]

Technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence and automation have already transformed society. But organizations are continuing to innovate using this tech for enterprise computing. Some companies are even partnering on technology that goes beyond Earth. For instance, Amazon Web Services Inc. and NASA are applying these technological underpinnings toward breakthrough cosmic exploration. “Orion is our […]

Amazon Web Services Inc. is adding new capabilities to its cloud platform that will help developers write code more efficiently and generate training datasets for their artificial intelligence projects. The capabilities made their debut today at Amazon re:MARS 2022 in Las Vegas. AI-powered coding assistant The first addition to AWS’ cloud portfolio is a service […]

Amazon.com today showcased the multiple ways in which artificial intelligence-based machine learning and computer vision algorithms are being combined with synthetic data to improve key retail automation technologies such as Just Walk Out, Amazon One and Amazon Dash Cart. In a keynote at Amazon’s re:MARS event today in Las Vegas, Dilip Kumar, Amazon’s vice president […]

Amazon Web Services Inc.’s chief Alexa developer Rohit Prasad today spoke about the increasingly prominent role his company’s digital assistant plays in people’s lives, citing this as evidence of the rise of “ambient intelligence.” Prasad defines ambient intelligence as artificial intelligence that has become so pervasive that it appears all around you, responding to requests […]

Machine learning on its own accord has already made an impact in the enterprise. When combined with automation, robotics and space exploration, the possibilities become even more curious. That’s the premise of Amazon re:MARS, which stands for machine learning, automation, robotics and space, an Amazon Web Services Inc.-hosted event in Las Vegas this month. Technologies […]