Clever architecture over raw compute: DeepSeek shatters the ‘bigger is better’ approach to AI development
Chains of smaller, specialized AI agents aren’t just more efficient — they will help solve problems in ways we never imagined.Read More
DOGE Staff Had Questions About the ‘Resign’ Email. Their New HR Chief Dodged Them
“I think the information that you’re going to have about this is available to you right now,” Stephanie Holmes told workers at Elon Musk’s DOGE who pressed for detail on offers of “deferred resignation.”
Harnessing Amazon Bedrock generative AI for resilient supply chain
From pandemic shutdowns to geopolitical tensions, recent years have thrown our global supply chains into unexpected chaos. This turbulent period has taught both governments and organizations a crucial lesson: supply chain excellence depends not just on efficiency but on the ability to navigate disruptions through strategic risk management. By leveraging the generative AI capabilities and …
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Improving model performance with PyTorch/XLA 2.6
For developers who want to use the PyTorch deep learning framework with Cloud TPUs, the PyTorch/XLA Python package is key, offering developers a way to run their PyTorch models on Cloud TPUs with only a few minor code changes. It does so by leveraging OpenXLA, developed by Google, which gives developers the ability to define …
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Sam Altman admits OpenAI was ‘on the wrong side of history’ in open source debate
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, admits the company was “on the wrong side of history” in the open source AI debate during a Reddit AMA, signaling a potential strategy shift as Chinese competitor DeepSeek disrupts the market with efficient, open models.Read More
The Federal Funding Freeze Will Cause Lasting Damage to Medical Research
Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only temporary.
An Introduction to Logarithms in Machine Learning with Python
Logarithms are a cornerstone of mathematics, statistics, and data science, and even show up in all sorts of places in machine learning.
Optimizing Memory Usage in PyTorch Models
Even though more than 40% of businesses say they’re pleased with AI, many are unhappy with out-of-the-box solutions, resulting in a need for local AI solutions and their subsequent tweaking with PyTorch.
Compact Neural TTS Voices for Accessibility
Contemporary text-to-speech solutions for accessibility applications can typically be classified into two categories: (i) device-based statistical parametric speech synthesis (SPSS) or unit selection (USEL) and (ii) cloud-based neural TTS. SPSS and USEL offer low latency and low disk footprint at the expense of naturalness and audio quality. Cloud-based neural TTS systems provide significantly better audio …
DeepSeek-R1 model now available in Amazon Bedrock Marketplace and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Today, we are announcing that DeepSeek AI’s first-generation frontier model, DeepSeek-R1, is available through Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and Amazon Bedrock Marketplace to deploy for inference. You can now use DeepSeek-R1 to build, experiment, and responsibly scale your generative AI ideas on AWS. In this post, we demonstrate how to get started with DeepSeek-R1 on Amazon …