โฐ Groundhog Day! - another day, another new, superior model!
โฐ Groundhog Day! - another day, another new, superior model!
So great to see how competition drives innovation and progress. Fresh out of the press is Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 [1]. From day 1 available through Amazon Bedrock [2].
๐ Impressing benchmark results, but remember - your use case is the benchmark which really counts.
๐ So, if you’re application already runs on top of Amazon Bedrock, you can just switch to the new model by configuration, explore the capabilities, possible change some details in your prompts and can go right into production without major engineering efforts.
๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต - ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐น
๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต - ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ …
Really loved this episode[1] of Standford AI Club with Jason Wei, where he talks the audience through three AI Ideas and forecasts. I think my teaser is only fully understandable if you watch the video entirely - and this is intended as it is a very good session.
Besides this, those are the three key ideas:
Navigate your AI Adoption journey like you prepared to hit the road!
Navigate your AI Adoption journey like you prepared to hit the road!
I still hold the Atlas from my school times, which opened the world for me the first time. For sure it was not always fun but inspired me to explore the world. It was not just maps, but full of deep dives on climate, resources and many other things. Even today some kind of Atlas - these days online maps providers, with both general purpose maps but also dedicated maps layers are my go to if I want to explore something new.
Totally agree with Manuelโs view.
Totally agree with Manuelโs view. Indeed AI adoption, not unlikely to other tech transformations, is mostly a people& process thing and way less a technical challenge.
One addendum to the important point that AI adaption can not be just a top down decision, but employees need to be part of the journey:
This is where leadership can shine. Being the guide, onboard employees to the journey, give them space to learn, right tools in their hands, address fears and guide employees on the journey.
I still remember how fascinated I was by ELIZA. It must have been in the mid-90s
I still remember how fascinated I was by ELIZA. It must have been in the mid-90s. From [1]:
“๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 1964 ๐ต๐ฐ 1967 ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ.”
๐ค ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐? Chasing single point solutions or exploring system-level AI solutions?
Yesterday I had the pleasure of listening to a great presentation by Chris Nosko. Among other important aspects, Chris touched on how AI technology represents a fundamental shift that requires system-level solutions.
Let’s dive into this, as it turns out to be key to defining your own AI strategy. ๐งต ๐ฏ Single Point vs. System Level Solutions in Technology Adoption
โOur AWS Trainium chips, designed in-house for AI workloads, now power more than 50% of Amazon Bedro
โOur AWS Trainium chips, designed in-house for AI workloads, now power more than 50% of Amazon Bedrock token usage. In practice, that means most of the generative AI responses you see from models on Bedrock are running on Trainium. That’s a big deal for customers: faster results, lower costs, and more efficient scaling as demands grows.โ - this is impressive. Having the flexibility to - in this case chose between different compute options - is great, but making use of the choice consequently makes a real difference ..
โ ๐ช๐ต๐ '๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐'? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐
โ ๐ช๐ต๐ “๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐”? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐
Writing this early morning in Seattle with a much-needed cup of coffee - currently at an exciting ML conference and spent my long flight diving into this eye-opening conversation between Andrej Karpathy (ex-Tesla AI Director, OpenAI) and the amazing podcast host Dwarkesh Patel in the Dwarkesh Podcast [1]. His insights offer crucial guidance for tech and business folks navigating AI adoption.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ?
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ?
๐ค Creating your own avatarโnot just a still picture but also generating an on-demand, real-time video avatarโis no longer science fiction. It’s reality and is becoming increasingly mainstream.
โ๏ธ New technology always comes with challenges and responsibilities. Challenges to understand how to use it, grasp what’s possible, and recognize the limits. Responsibilities involve using the technology in a responsible fashion.
๐ฌ This weekend I watched another part of the Star Wars saga. Jedi use holographic technology for communication, providing them with a convenient way to communicate long-distance and discuss/decide in hybrid setups. Yet they still travel extensively, and you can see them bond when in the same locationโactually making efforts to travel for this purpose.
โจ Just at #MTM25: Masterclass with Shadi Abou-Zahra and Julian Lang! โจ
โจ Just at #MTM25: Masterclass with Shadi Abou-Zahra and Julian Lang! โจ
๐ฏ The session “AI-inclusive! KI fรผr Barrierefreiheit” at MEDIENTAGE MรNCHEN highlights how Amazon Prime Video and AWS use artificial intelligence to: โข ๐งฉ Enhance accessibility for people with disabilities โข ๐ Improve the user experience for everyone โข ๐ Meet legal accessibility requirements โข ๐ Integrate AI into content workflows to make content more accessible, searchable, and reusable
๐ก Great to see how AI can help humans better enjoy media and participate fully! TIL Dialogue Boost is also available on Fire Stick - very interesting for myself and will be a game changer for my dad.