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Amazon Offering Public Sector Free AI Tools, Including HealthScribe
Last month, Amazon announced the AWS Worldwide Public Sector Generative AI Impact Initiative, a new $50 million program that offers public sector organizations free Amazon technology resources to support their generative AI-based programs.
In its announcement of the initiative, Amazon said it was launching it because: "Across the public sector, leaders are seeking to leverage generative AI to become more efficient and agile. However, public sector organizations face several challenges such as optimizing resources, adapting to changing needs, improving patient care, personalizing the education experience, and strengthening security. To respond to these challenges, AWS is committed to helping public sector organizations unlock the potential of generative AI and other cloud-based technologies to positively impact society."
Participants will get free access to Amazon AI and infrastructure tools like:
- Amazon Bedrock: Amazon's tool for building generative AI applications.
- Amazon Q: Amazon's coding and business-focused chatbot.
- Amazon SageMaker: Amazon's tool for building machine learning models.
- AWS HealthScribe: Amazon's tool for generating clinical notes directly from doctor-patient conversations.
- AWS Trainium: Amazon's machine learning chip.
- AWS Inferentia: Amazon's hardware accelerators that speed up deep learning processing within Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
The free access will come in the form of promotional credits. Training resources, consulting and support will also be offered.
Organizations can sign up to find out more about the program here.
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Becky Nagel serves as vice president of AI for 1105 Media specializing in developing media, events and training for companies around AI and generative AI technology. She also regularly writes and reports on AI news, and is the founding editor of PureAI.com. She's the author of "ChatGPT Prompt 101 Guide for Business Users" and other popular AI resources with a real-world business perspective. She regularly speaks, writes and develops content around AI, generative AI and other business tech. Find her on X/Twitter @beckynagel.