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Anyone else excited as we are to have Christmas commercials raging for the next 6 weeks? Just today Alexa piped in after a music request and mentioned it’s almost the Holidays and to start shopping early…It’s going to be a long 45 days.

Speaking of Alexa, news just dropped that Amazon is getting into the AI arms race and creating their own LLM named “Olympus”. Things are getting interesting. In the last week we have heard that Apple is dropping a cool $1B per year on AI and now Amazon is heading into the fray with this monster (details below). What a time to be alive.

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Leading the technology roadmap and the technical community of IBM, Dario Gil is responsible for directing innovation strategies in areas including hybrid clouds, AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, and exploratory science. Under his leadership, IBM became the first company in the world to build programmable quantum computers and make them universally available through the cloud. He is also responsible for IBM Research, one of the world’s largest and most influential corporate research labs, with over 3,000 researchers.

Amazon is reportedly channeling significant resources into the creation of a large language model (LLM) known as 'Olympus', aiming to compete with the likes of OpenAI and Google in the AI domain. This initiative is led by Rohit Prasad, the former head of Alexa and now the head scientist of artificial general intelligence (AGI) at Amazon, who reports directly to CEO Andy Jassy.

The Olympus project is ambitious, with the model purported to have two trillion parameters—double the size of OpenAI’s GPT-4. This massive scale indicates Amazon's intent to not just join but lead in the AI race, leveraging its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), to enhance its offerings.

Amazon's investment in Olympus is part of a broader strategic shift. In an April earnings call, Amazon executives highlighted increased investments in LLMs and generative AI, while scaling back on retail fulfillment and transportation expenses. This move underscores Amazon’s commitment to remaining a key player in AI research and development.

The development of Olympus places Amazon squarely in the AI supremacy race, challenging other tech giants who are pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve. The company’s heavy investment in the computational power needed to train such models reflects the high stakes involved in the industry.

Amazon's foray into large-scale AI with Olympus is a bold statement of intent, signaling a new chapter in the tech giant's evolution and the broader AI arms race. It remains to be seen how this move will shape the future of AI and cloud services.

The recent UK AI Safety Summit, alongside a G7 declaration and a US executive order, has highlighted the global urgency to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). However, the path to international consensus on AI governance remains fraught with complexity and divergence.

The UK's AI Safety Summit, a pioneering event held at Bletchley Park, underscored the need for global regulation of AI, a sentiment echoed by the Bletchley Declaration signed by 28 countries. Despite this, the summit revealed stark differences in regulatory approaches, even among European Union member states, suggesting that achieving a unified strategy on AI governance is still a distant goal.

The US and UK have both announced the launch of their respective AI safety institutes, reflecting a competitive edge in the quest for AI leadership. This competition, while natural, highlights the tension between national interests and the search for global solutions to the challenges posed by AI.

The discussions at the UK summit have also brought to light an imbalance in representation, with voices from the Global North, particularly economically developed countries, dominating the regulatory conversation. This disparity raises concerns about the inclusivity and fairness of the emerging AI regulatory frameworks.

The quest for global AI regulation is a complex and ongoing process, with significant strides made but much work still to be done. As nations grapple with the rapid advancement of AI, the need for a collaborative and inclusive approach to governance has never been more apparent.

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We found an interesting article by Adam Thierer this week “Artificial Intelligence Primer: Definitions, Benefits & Policy Challenges” and it discusses a myriad of AI topics. It’s a bit of a lengthy read, but well worth your time.

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