Amazon Web Services has committed $100m in AI and cloud technology capacity to support the building of health services for "underserved communities."

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北海道札幌市に本社を置くHBAは、社員のAWS（Amazon Web Services）活用スキル向上を目的とした社内イベント「AWS Jam」を東京・品川コラボレーションオフィスで10月5日に開催した。AWSのサービスを活用して実践的な課題の解決に挑む、ゲーム形式の学習イベントだ。 続きを読む ≫

生成AIの活用が進む企業では、部署やチームごとにAIエージェントが開発され、他部署からは存在も使い方も分からなくなることがある。かといって、すべての機能を1つのエージェントに集約すれば、運用や権限管理が複雑になる。コロプラはこの問題に対し、各チームのエージェントを残したまま、A2Aでつなぐ仕組みを構築した。権限やデータは各チームの管理下に残し、エージェントの呼び出し範囲や記憶の公開範囲も制御したのだ。 続きを読む ≫

大質量原始星G06.795-0.257の解析結果。(左)上段は、検出されたゼーマン分裂の大きさと、先行研究の実験室分光で得られたゼーマン分裂係数を用いて換算した磁場の強さ。下段は、5年間の観測データを平均して得られたスペクトル。赤と青の枠は、それぞれ右図の赤矢印と青矢印が指す領域に対応。(右)先行研究による、メタノールメーザーの放射領域の空間分布。大質量原始星の周囲を回転する円盤上から発する円盤風から放射されていることが明らかにされている (クレジット:Moriizumi et al.) (出所:NAOJ WebサイトニュースリリースPDF) 続きを読む ≫

Selected startups will get an opportunity to test solutions in live logistics environments and explore mentorship, cloud infrastructure support and potential investment.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman has addressed growing concerns and backlash surrounding data center projects, stating that the company has ceased using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) with government agencies in its development processes. This announcement comes as Amazon faces increasing scrutiny over its data center expansions, with over 100 moratoriums currently being considered across the United States for large data center projects. Garman's statement was part of a broader effort to counter widespread skepticism about data centers, which critics argue lack transparency and community engagement. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich highlighted transparency as a key issue, noting that data center projects often proceed without community input, with developers not returning calls and local officials signing NDAs before neighbors were informed. New York recently implemented a one-year moratorium on large data center permits, reflecting broader national concerns. Garman also sought to dispel four major myths about data centers: excessive water consumption, increased electricity costs, high pollution levels, and lack of community benefits. He cited an Amazon report indicating that data centers account for only 0.5% of industrial water usage in the U.S., significantly less than industries like golf courses and almond farming. On electricity rates, Garman argued that while some states have seen price increases, others have experienced slower growth or decreases, attributing higher rates to outdated grid infrastructure rather than data centers themselves. Independent watchdogs, however, have linked data centers to significant price hikes on major electrical grids. Regarding pollution, Garman noted that data center generators operate at near-idle capacity (99.9% of the time), with maintenance running only about 10 hours annually. He also emphasized Amazon's community investments, stating the company has contributed over $1 billion to communities with data center presence over the past three years. Despite these efforts, skepticism remains high, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei describing the AI backlash as a 'crisis of trust' and critics expressing skepticism about corporate claims. The debate highlights the tension between technological advancement and community concerns over environmental and economic impacts of large-scale data infrastructure.

Synopsys revealed a deal to develop GPT-Synopsys, an artificial intelligence system trained specifically to optimize computer chip layouts. Simultaneously, the company announced a separate licensing agreement with Amazon Web Services valued at over $1 billion.

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Amazon Web Services has acknowledged that some customer data and resources were permanently lost after Iranian drone strikes damaged multiple data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. According to an AWS dashboard update posted on September 15, the company was unable to restore access to certain resources hosted in the affected facilities despite spending approximately six months attempting to recover them. In the United Arab Emirates region, the permanent loss was limited to one of the three availability zones, identified as mec1-az2. AWS said it continues to work on recovering regional resources and restoring services in the other two availability zones. The situation in Bahrain was more extensive: Amazon reported that it could not restore access to resources and data across all three availability zones in that region. AWS stated that the infrastructure damage extended across multiple availability zones and exceeded the level of disruption its regional and multi-availability-zone services were designed to withstand. The company had suspended customer billing in both affected regions and previously urged customers to migrate their workloads to other geographic regions and rely on remote backups. The incident highlights the limits of cloud-provider redundancy when a large-scale disaster affects several facilities in the same region. Customers that had not maintained independent, geographically separated backups or replication may have no way to recover their data. AWS reportedly issued approximately $150 million in customer credits after the strikes, but credits cannot replace information that was irretrievably destroyed. The event demonstrates that cloud services do not eliminate the customer’s responsibility for disaster recovery and backup planning.

Amazon weighed in on the AI safety debate saying AI labs should ensure models are released only when they are safe and fully tested.

Las tensiones de ciberseguridad tras la caída de AWS generaron un gran impacto en múltiples servicios y plataformas. Descubre más.

Amazon Web Services has confirmed it can no longer recover customer data and resources in its Middle East Bahrain region and in one availability zone of its UAE region after Iranian drone strikes damaged infrastructure. AWS says it is replacing affected systems, working with authorities, and most customers had already moved or used backups before the losses became permanent. #AmazonWebServices #Bahrain #UAE #IranianDroneStrikes

Der Iran kann einen Erfolg gegen einen US-Datenkonzern verbuchen: Amazons Rechenzentren in Bahrain sowie eines in den Emiraten sind unwiederbringlich kaputt.