Amazon Invests Millions of Dollars to Train Giant AI Model 'Olympus'


SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.7, positioning it as the strongest model for programming and knowledge work, with speed twice that of competitors and a price half of the flagship version. The new version uses a larger base model, enhancing long-term tasks, self-checking, and long context management, and includes professional tasks such as documents, presentations, law, healthcare, and engineering in key testing. It aims to reduce errors and produce more reliable results in tasks taking hours.
Audio AI attracts billions, spanning automated customer service/sales calls, meeting transcription, and voice-first AI glasses. Labs iterate models quickly; hardware makers optimize audio. New tech needs rigorous testing. Icelandic startup Treble is building a simulation platform to become a key testing hub.....
Amazon and Nvidia deepen partnership: 2M Nvidia GPUs for AWS over two years, including Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, Rubin Ultra, for LLM training/inference, 2027-2028. In-house chips coexist but Nvidia dominates. Previous 1M+ commitment doubled on strong demand, per Nvidia earnings call.....
DAMO Academy and Shengjing Hospital released liver cancer AI model DAMO LiON, which identifies tiny lesions on contrast-enhanced CT. In a two-month prospective trial, it found 15 previously missed malignant tumors, mostly about 1 cm. Published in Nature Medicine, showing AI's value from missed to detected.....
Twitch faces a class action over using streamers' broadcasts, clips, and chats to train Amazon AI models without consent or pay. Small streamers filed a 37-page suit alleging breach of implied contract and unfair competition. Issue: opt-out AI training and weak opt-outs, sparking backlash.....