The new center, which will offer free workshops and training, is expected to help enterprises accelerate the development of generative AI-based applications while promoting AWS technology. Credit: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock 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. The new program will connect AWS AI and machine learning (ML) experts with enterprises to help them envision, design, and launch new generative AI products, services, and processes, the company said, adding that these applications can be targeted at industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services among others. The program’s team members — consisting of data scientists, engineers, and application architects — will also support enterprises via free workshops and training, AWS said. Enterprises will also get added support from the AWS Partner Network. The Generative AI Innovation Center will also provide AWS products and services such as Amazon CodeWhisperer, Amazon Bedrock and infrastructure including Amazon EC2 Inf1 Instances, and Amazon EC2 P5 instances powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs. Additionally, customers can build, train, and deploy their own models with Amazon SageMaker or use Amazon SageMaker Jumpstart to deploy some of today’s most popular FMs, including Cohere’s large language models and Hugging Face’s BLOOM among others, the company said. Sales-enablement software provider Highspot and customer engagement software provider Twilio have already signed up for the program, it added. The move to launch a program around building generative AI applications can be seen as a strategic move to not only help reach more enterprise customers but also showcase a proof-of-concept. The Generative AI Innnovation Center follows the blueprint of AWS’ Data Lab program, which was designed to bring enterprise customers and AWS data specialists together to solve complex data challenges in tangible ways, using AWS products and services. In January, the company made the Data Lab program available in India. Related content brandpost Sponsored by Dell Technologies and Intel® The impact of AI on edge computing AI at the edge offers real-time responsiveness, privacy compliance, and cost efficiency. Where are you on your edge journey? By Pratyakcha Upadhyay Consultant, Product Management, Dell Technologies Apr 30, 2024 6 mins Artificial Intelligence brandpost Sponsored by Rockwell Automation 6 steps the manufacturer of Arm & Hammer and OxiClean took to harden OT cybersecurity Church & Dwight turned to Rockwell Automation to help the maker of well-known personal and household care products reduce the risk of manufacturing interruptions. By Maro Eremyan Apr 30, 2024 4 mins Security news AI is set to transform hiring requirements: Report About 50% of technology leaders in an EY survey said they anticipate a combination of layoffs and hiring in the next six months as a direct result of AI adoption. By Gyana Swain Apr 30, 2024 4 mins Hiring Artificial Intelligence news Tableau further democratizes analytics with AI-fueled features New AI and gen AI additions to Tableau Pulse and Einstein Copilot for Tableau seek to help business users and ‘novice’ data analysts gain expert insights with ease. By Thor Olavsrud Apr 30, 2024 5 mins Generative AI Business Intelligence Data Visualization PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe