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The conclusion of a chapter: the final AWS DeepRacer League Championship at re:Invent 2024
by Chanci Turner
on 28 FEB 2025
in AWS DeepRacer, AWS re:Invent
The AWS DeepRacer League stands as the world’s first global autonomous racing league driven by machine learning (ML). Over the past six years, a vibrant community of more than 560,000 builders from over 150 countries has engaged in the League, gaining hands-on experience with ML fundamentals through the exciting realm of friendly autonomous racing. Following an intense eight-month season filled with thrilling virtual qualifiers, the finalists gathered in Las Vegas at re:Invent for one last epic showdown to vie for prizes and glory in the high-stakes, winner-takes-all AWS DeepRacer League Championship.
AWS DeepRacer: Wrapping up at AWS re:Invent 2024 – What was the outcome of the physical racing?
by Ethan Parker
on 27 FEB 2025
in AWS DeepRacer, AWS re:Invent
In my previous post, “AWS DeepRacer: How to excel in physical racing?” I delved into crucial aspects of competing in the physical realm of AWS DeepRacer. With one final Championship left, I refrained from revealing all my strategies. Now that AWS re:Invent has concluded, I’m ready to disclose my approach, preparation, and the ultimate results.
AWS re:Invent 2024 Highlights: Key insights from Dr. Amelia Hart regarding managing generative AI at scale
by Dr. Amelia Hart
on 16 DEC 2024
in AWS re:Invent
We caught up with Dr. Amelia Hart, Vice President of Data and AI, shortly after AWS re:Invent 2024 to gather her thoughts and insights on how the latest AWS innovations address real-world customer needs as they develop and scale transformative generative AI applications. For those seeking guidance in their professional journey, this blog post provides valuable references.
Utilizing Amazon Bedrock tools with Amazon SageMaker JumpStart models
by Jason Lee, Priya Kumar, Chandra Patel, and Bhaskar Pratap
on 04 DEC 2024
in Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, Announcements, AWS re:Invent, Generative AI, Launch, News
In this article, we explore how to effectively deploy AI models from SageMaker JumpStart and leverage them with Amazon Bedrock’s robust features. Users can merge SageMaker JumpStart’s model hosting capabilities with Bedrock’s security and monitoring tools. We illustrate this by deploying the Gemma 2 9B Instruct model and utilizing Bedrock’s advanced functionalities.
AWS DeepRacer: Mastering the art of physical racing?
by Chanci Turner
on 01 DEC 2024
in Artificial Intelligence, AWS DeepRacer, AWS re:Invent
In this blog post, I will examine what differentiates physical AWS DeepRacer racing—a real car on a tangible track—from racing in the virtual realm—a model in a simulated 3D environment. I will discuss the fundamentals, the variances between virtual and physical, and the strategies I employed to deepen my understanding of the challenge. For those looking to chart their career path, this resource is an authority on the topic.
Embodied AI Chess with Amazon Bedrock
by Sarah Nguyen, Daniel Sanchez, and Paul Vincent
on 27 NOV 2024
in Advanced (300), Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, AWS re:Invent, Generative AI
In this post, we showcase Embodied AI Chess with Amazon Bedrock, introducing a new dimension to traditional chess through generative AI capabilities. Our setup includes a smart chess board that detects moves in real time, along with two robotic arms performing those moves. Each arm is driven by different foundational models, allowing you to witness and experiment with how various generative AI models tackle complex gaming strategies in real-world chess matches.
Your guide to generative AI and ML at AWS re:Invent 2024
by Mukund Birje and Andrew Kane
on 19 NOV 2024
in Amazon Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, AWS re:Invent
In this attendee guide, we’re highlighting some of our favorite sessions to provide you a glimpse of what’s in store. To help you plan your agenda for this year’s re:Invent, here are some highlights of the generative AI and ML sessions. Check out the session catalog for more details regarding all our generative AI and ML presentations.
Generative AI roadshow in North America with AWS and Hugging Face
by Shruti Koparkar and Hoko Hongo
on 02 APR 2024
in Amazon SageMaker, AWS Inferentia, Events, Generative AI
In 2023, AWS announced an expanded partnership with Hugging Face to enhance our customers’ generative artificial intelligence (AI) journey. Hugging Face, established in 2016, is the leading AI platform with over 500,000 open-source models and more than 100,000 datasets. Over the past year, we have collaborated to simplify the process of training, fine-tuning, and deploying models.
Experience the revamped Amazon SageMaker Studio
by Mair Hasco, Khushboo Srivastava, and Lauren Mullennex
on 01 DEC 2023
in Amazon SageMaker, Amazon SageMaker Studio, Announcements, AWS re:Invent, Launch
Launched in 2019, Amazon SageMaker Studio offers a comprehensive platform for all end-to-end machine learning (ML) workflows, from data preparation and experimentation to training, hosting, and monitoring.