This post is based on a technical report written by Kazuki Fujii, who led the Llama 3.3 Swallow model development. The Institute of Science Tokyo has successfully trained Llama 3.3 Swallow, a 70-billion-parameter large language model (LLM) with enhanced Japanese capabilities, using Amazon SageMaker HyperPod. The model demonstrates superior performance in Japanese language tasks, outperforming…
According to the World Health Organization, more than 2.2 billion people globally have vision impairment. For compliance with disability legislation, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States, media in visual formats like television shows or movies are required to provide accessibility to visually impaired people. This often comes in the…
Of course, chatbots don’t know any of this, but they can make smart assumptions based on the masses of text they’ve been trained on and information from the web. It’s always worth double-checking key points, especially when it comes to the details of a company (you don’t want to bring up an inaccurate fact during…
This past spring, as I closed out my 18th year of teaching, I felt anxiety that I’d never before felt at the end of a school year. By the time grades are submitted and signs of summer arrive, teachers are typically able to breathe for the first time in nine months. Instead of the relaxation,…
Today, Eliza McNitt’s short film, “ANCESTRA,” premieres at the Tribeca Festival. It’s the story of a mother, and what happens when her child is born with a hole in its heart. Inspired by the dramatic events of McNitt’s own birth, the film portrays a mother’s love as a cosmic, life-saving force. This is the first…
Historically, claims of ownership to in-game creations or user-generated creations (IGCs or UGCs) have been rendered moot by “take it or leave it” end-user license agreements—the dreaded EULAs that nobody reads. Generally, this means players surrender any ownership of their creations by switching on the game. (Minecraft is a rare exception here. Its EULA has…
This post was co-written with Herb Brittner from Netsertive. Netsertive is a leading digital marketing solutions provider for multi-location brands and franchises, helping businesses maximize local advertising, improve engagement, and gain deep customer insights. With a growing demand in providing more actionable insights from their customer call tracking data, Netsertive needed a solution that could…
Generative AI is revolutionizing how businesses operate, interact with customers, and innovate. If you’re embarking on the journey to build a generative AI-powered solution, you might wonder how to navigate the complexities involved from selecting the right models to managing prompts and enforcing data privacy. In this post, we show you how to build generative…
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import now supports Qwen models. You can now import custom weights for Qwen2, Qwen2_VL, and Qwen2_5_VL architectures, including models like Qwen 2, 2.5 Coder, Qwen 2.5 VL, and QwQ 32B. You can bring your own customized Qwen models into Amazon Bedrock and deploy them in a fully managed, serverless environment—without having to…
Today, we’re launching a new Search experiment in Labs – Audio Overviews, which uses our latest Gemini models to generate quick, conversational audio overviews for certain search queries. Searching for a topic you’re not familiar with? An audio overview can help you get a lay of the land, offering a convenient, hands-free way to absorb…
