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

GeekWire

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

GeekWire

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

GeekWire

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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A New Forrester Wave™ Assesses The Market For Full-Stack Public Cloud Development Platforms In China

Forrester IT

Our new “The Forrester Wave™: Full-Stack Public Cloud Development Platforms In China, Q3 2018” report is now live! This Wave evaluation uncovered a market in which Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei lead the pack. UCloud, Ping An Technology, and […].

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

GeekWire

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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Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates

Storage IO Blog

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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AWS launches Graviton4 instances

Network World

Amazon Web Services announced the launch of its fourth-generation, Arm-based Graviton CPU, touting its energy efficiency and high performance for cloud workloads.

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