Heading home for weekend I spent some valuable time with a large AWS customer talking us through their experience with Generative AI in their software engineering. Characterising themselves as a traditional software development company they find a lot of value beyond the hype. Talking about efficiency gains well beyond “just” creating code and the hype cycle.

Generative AI is transforming software development in ways that go beyond writing code. Its most immediate and surprising impact is on automating routine, non-core engineering tasks, improving overall productivity and job satisfaction. Adoption is being led by junior staff, and the technology is democratizing who can contribute to building software. Leaders should encourage experimentation, be patient with evolving capabilities, and support their teams through the transition.

AlphaEvolve - takes me back into - my - history and into a bright future …

This month Google DeepMind released AlphaEvolve a new AI Agent which evolves algorithms for math and practical applications. In its core it’s combining evolutionary algorithms(SA) with the power of LLM.

Back in university, ouch we talk like 25y back, I studied evolutionary algorithms. EAs are in short an optimization techniques inspired by natural evolution . I tried to prove upper and lower bounds and the positive impact of providing and maintaining diversity in the populations. Hard work, with very limited success on my end. Since then I really looked back into EAs, but they are more relevant than ever.

15 days from now, the AWS Summit Hamburg is taking place - wondering about any exciting Gen AI content? With 100+ talks in the agenda, it’s not that easy to spot, but I compiled a list of relevant talks - Have a look in the article and secure yourself a seat (free-of-charge) to join us! #AWSSummit

🚂 While I’m enjoying a smooth train ride, I’m working on my presentation for the upcoming AWS Summit Hamburg on 5th June. Could use some help :)

👀 I will be opening the Generative AI track of the summit with my Talk “Gen AI in action: from POC to business value”. During composing the talk content, I realise that there has been so much happening in the last 3 years while GenAI has been in the spotlight for a wider audience. Hard selections to be made.

Fantastic podcast on a fascinating topic. How can I use models to judge and improve model responses? Yuval and Noam Gat dive deep into the topic nicely keeping a conversational style and providing a good overview about the topic. Absolutely loved it a learned a ton. Highly recommended!

Yuval, might be me or the fact that I spent my first coffee in the morning with you folks - and enjoyed it - but at times I had struggle to digest the slides you have been showing - they disappeared very quickly. May keep them up for a little longer in the next episodes. I will definitely tune in 🙂

🗞️ Awesome news. Great new model launch by Anthropic and so good to see availability through Amazon Bedrock right from launch day :)

👷‍♀️ Can’t wait to see what customers are going to build with it.

🏁 Kudos to Mike to compile everything you need to get started in his post below.

Another great feature based on GenAI released right on time. Easy language is a key feature to ensure that everyone can keep up to date in those complex times. Absolutely thrilled. Big Kudos to Alessandro Alviani, Carmen Heger, Sabrina Ebitsch and team!

direct link (German): https://lnkd.in/eThGZDSK