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Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

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Nashlie Sephus, an applied science manager for Amazon Web Services AI, introduces the new Sagemaker Clarify feature at AWS re:Invent Tuesday. Screenshot via webcast). It also analyzes the machine learning model itself to help ensure the accuracy of the resulting predictions.

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Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates

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Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates continue to expand feature, functionality, service capabilities of the public cloud providers capabilities across various geographies.

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Amazon would have posted $1.8 billion operating loss in Q4 2021 if not for Amazon Web Services

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Another blockbuster quarter for Amazon Web Services masked one of the worst operating losses in the recent history of the rest of the company. For the company as a whole, Amazon reported total operating profit of $3.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021 in its financial results Thursday afternoon. However, that total includes $5.3

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Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services to open new office just down the road from Microsoft HQ

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Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot office for more than 600 Amazon Web Services workers in Redmond, Wash. The new Redmond outpost will house tech and engineering teams supporting AWS’ database services. The tech giant moved into another former Macy’s space in 2018. (Amazon Photo).

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Breonna Taylor case sparks Amazon Web Services CEO to call for police ‘culture change’

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Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy at re:Invent 2018. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, who has been at the center of the debate over the use of Amazon technology by law enforcement, has weighed in on the culture of policing in the wake of the Breonna Taylor case in Louisville, Ky. Amazon Photo).

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SEC charges ‘decentralized’ Amazon Web Services competitor with scamming investors

The Verge

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the would-be creator of a “decentralized” Amazon Web Services alternative with scamming investors out of millions. In mid-2018, it reported that hackers had stolen a large number of CMCTs — halting trading and sending the price of the coins tumbling.

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Amazon downsizes AWS in a fresh cost-cutting round

CIO Business Intelligence

In a fresh round of layoffs, Amazon is laying off hundreds in the company’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). In 2018, Amazon introduced cashier-less tech “Just Walk Out” at a Seattle store. Amazon Web Services, Technology Industry The system tracks items shoppers take and charges them automatically.