Welcome to above the clouds
GCP – Google showcases Cloud TPU v4 Pods for large model training
Recently, models with billions or trillions of parameters have shown significant advances in machine learning capabilities and accuracy. For example, Google’s LaMDA model is able to engage in a free-flowing conversation with users about a large variety of topics. There is enormous interest within the machine learning research and product communities in leveraging large models […]
GCP – Expanding our infrastructure with cloud regions around the world
Businesses and organizations around the world depend on Google Cloud to help them digitally transform, innovate across their industries, and drive operational efficiencies for long-term growth. Our global network of Google Cloud Platform regions is the foundation of this capability, delivering high-performance, low latency cloud-based services to customers and their users in more than 200 […]
AWS – AWS DeepRacer announces the 2022 Season of DeepRacer League including physical races in the Summit Circuit, LIVE virtual head-to-head racing and a dedicated Student League
Today AWS announces a new structure for the 2022 Season of the award-winning AWS DeepRacer League. The AWS DeepRacer League is the world’s first global autonomous racing league, including an autonomous 1/18th scale race car driven by reinforcement learning and a 3D racing simulator where developers can get hands-on experience with Machine Learning (ML). 2022 […]
AWS – AWS Announces the AWS AI & ML Scholarship Program in collaboration with Intel and Udacity to help bring diversity to the future of the AI and ML workforce
The AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Scholarship program, in collaboration with Intel and Udacity, provides students who self-identify as underserved and underrepresented in tech educational content, career mentorship programs, and 2,500 scholarships annually as part of a commitment to a more diverse future AI & ML workforce. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS announces AWS DeepRacer Student, offering free model training, learning content, and a global autonomous racing competition exclusively for students
AWS DeepRacer Student Presented by Intel is a new service for students enrolled in high schools and colleges globally. AWS DeepRacer Student builds on the success of of the award-winning AWS DeepRacer service, which educates aspiring developers on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), while removing barriers to entry faced by students. AWS DeepRacer Student […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab (currently in preview), a free, no-configuration ML service
Introducing Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab is a free, no-configuration service that allows developers, academics, and data scientists to learn and experiment with machine learning. Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus: Create high-quality training datasets without having to build labeling applications or manage the labeling workforce on your own
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus, a new turnkey data labeling servicethat enables you to create high-quality training datasets quickly and reduces costs by up to 40%. Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing Amazon SageMaker Training Compiler to accelerate DL model training by up to 50%
Today, we are excited to announce Amazon SageMaker Training Compiler, a new feature of SageMaker that can accelerate the training of deep learning (DL) models by up to 50% through more efficient use of GPU instances. Read More for the details.
GCP – 5 things not to do with Cloud Functions, and 5 things you absolutely should do instead
Over the past several weeks, you’ve seen a collection of the most common questions and misconceptions the Cloud Functions Support team sees about Cloud Functions. Here is a recap of these most common “anti-patterns” and what you should do instead: How to write event-driven Cloud Functions properly by coding with idempotency in mind: We explored what […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB announces the new Amazon DynamoDB Standard-Infrequent Access table class, which helps you reduce your DynamoDB costs by up to 60 percent
Amazon DynamoDB announces the new Amazon DynamoDB Standard-Infrequent Access (DynamoDB Standard-IA) table class, which helps you reduce your DynamoDB costs by up to 60 percent for tables that store infrequently accessed data. The DynamoDB Standard-IA table class is ideal for use cases that require long-term storage of data that is infrequently accessed, such as application […]