Amazon develops Autonomous video AI model

Amazon, an e-commerce giant, has developed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) capable of processing images and videos in addition to text, making it independent and less reliant on AI startup Anthropic.

On Wednesday, the information reported that the new AI model will help Amazon reduce its reliance on Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, a popular Amazon Web Services (AWS) offering.

The new large language model (LLM), code-named Olympus, will be able to understand scenes in images and videos and help customers search for specific scenes, such as a winning basketball shot, using simple text prompts.

Last week, an additional $4 billion was invested by Amazon into OpenAI competitor Anthropic, mirroring a $4 billion investment made in the previous year in September to capitalise on generative AI technology.

Olympus may be announced next week at the annual AWS re: Invent customer conference, the information added.

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