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AWS invests $100 million in new Generative AI Innovation Center

CIO Business Intelligence

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday said that it was investing $100 million to start a new program, dubbed the Generative AI Innovation Center, in an effort to help enterprises accelerate the development of generative AI- based applications. In January, the company made the Data Lab program available in India.

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How power is blazing a trail for America’s space effort — and for nuclear startups

GeekWire

That’s one of the questions under consideration at a State of the Space Industrial Base workshop that’s being conducted this week at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. The topics being addressed at this week’s workshop play to two of the Pacific Northwest’s space industry strengths. ”

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Can AI level the playing field? GeekWire Podcast with Nancy Wang of Advancing Women in Tech

GeekWire

Startup investor Nancy Wang sees the potential for generative artificial intelligence to change the balance of power in fields such as cybersecurity, which is one of her areas of focus, leveraging her background as a former Amazon Web Services general manager and Google lead product manager. Collaborating with the U.S.

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Defense Innovation Unit explores Pacific Northwest’s national security tech frontier

GeekWire

Michael Madsen, the Defense Innovation Unit’s acting director, talks at a Seattle workshop. “This is a really critical decade,” Johannes Schonberg, program director for the National Security Innovation Network’s Mission Acceleration Centers, told attendees at Tuesday’s regional roadshow in downtown Seattle.

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Mentoring tomorrow’s Black IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

Hammett, general manager of global demand and operations at Amazon Web Services, in 2022 founded Enable, a mentoring and leadership program that creates “an environment where Black leaders could know that they are not alone.” The Black Technology Mentorship Program (BTMP) is another one.

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Tech policy leaders explore new frontiers for supporting (and regulating) AI at forum

GeekWire

gets a briefing on the Skylight program for tracking suspicious vessels at sea from Chris Emura, executive director of applied science and technology at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,

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How to leverage data to create a more intelligent organization

CIO Business Intelligence

The program begins May 10 with Hilary Mason, data scientist in residence at Accel Partners. In a live workshop, InfoWorld contributing editor Isaac Sacolick will coach attendees on how to develop citizen data scientist centers of excellence. More immediately, data leaders can explore using citizen data scientists.