Amazon Bedrock launches Custom Model Import

London | Published in AI | 10 minute read | Permalink London, United Kingdom

Custom Model Import’s = game changing! If you own your own corpus of data and are using it to train your own models, you can now bring those models to Amazon Bedrock’s secure, managed environment.


AWS launch Meta Llama 3 on Amazon Bedrock

London | Published in AI | 10 minute read | Permalink London, United Kingdom

Just as we were catching our breath on Claude 3 Opus arriving on Amazon Bedrock, here we go again, this time it’s Meta’s Llama 3 model - designed for you to build, experiment, and responsibly scale your generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications; now with improvements in reasoning, code generation, and instruction.


AWS launch Anthropic Claude 3 Opus on Amazon Bedrock

Seattle | Published in AI | 10 minute read | Permalink Seattle, Washington, USA

This just in! Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus foundation model is now available on Amazon Bedrock, joining Claude Sonnet and Claude Haiku. Bedrock is now the first and only place to offer all three Claude 3 models in general availability.


The executive's guide to generative AI

London | Published in AI and Board | 10 minute read | Permalink 

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive’s guide to generative AI is out now; I spoke to Duncan Jefferies about how businesses can use generative AI to drive organisational transformation.


PartyRock: Madonna Song-To-Tour Finder

New York | Published in AI | 2 minute watch | Permalink

Given Adam’s announcement yesterday about Amazon PartyRock powered by Amazon Bedrock, I decided I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it and see what kind of app I could build.


Generative AI: hype not hyperintelligence is lifting values

London | Published in AI | 10 minute read | Permalink 

Interesting read (pay-walled) in the FT on what’s driving valuations in the generative AI space. The key to the adoption of any technology is finding the right investment case and quickly demonstrating proof of value. Generative AI is no different.


Chief Wine Officer

National Portrait Gallery, London | Published in AI and Cloud | 1 minute view | Permalink

Tonight I got an opportunity to speak at the Chief Wine Officer event hosted by AWS, to an audience of AWS customers about generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), the opportunities it creates, and how customers are using it to accelerate business transformation.

Mario Thomas speaking to the Chief Wine Office event at the National Portrait Gallery, London

The executive's guide to the digital workplace

London | Published in Board and Cloud | 10 minute read | Permalink 

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive’s guide to the digital workplace is out now; I spoke to Chris Stokel-Walker about how digital transformation can contribute to a company’s long-term success.


Driving organisational transformation in a downturn

Llantwit Major | Published in Board | 10 minute read | Permalink

In my article about not taking your foot off the gas, published just as the world returned to some degree of normality in July 2021, I discussed that the pandemic was the forcing function that challenged businesses to adapt and engage in broad organizational transformation using the cloud, and that it should not be seen as a reason to slow down.


The Board in the machine

Llantwit Major | Published in AI, Board and Cloud | 10 minute read | Permalink

I recently hosted a fireside chat for the AWS Summit EMEA with Intel’ Global Leader for AI Solutions, Monica Livingston. We discussed how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are quickly becoming ubiquitous in business. The conversation prompted me to think about how Boards should be thinking about the use of AI and ML in their businesses, and how they need to ensure they are making the right decisions at the speed of light.