Amazon Initiative Offers Free AI Tools to Public Sector Orgs
Amazon Web Services is launching a $50 million fund that will give public sector organizations a chance to tap into its portfolio of cloud-based AI tools.
The AWS Worldwide Public Sector Generative AI Impact Initiative launched late last month and will last until June 30, 2026, Amazon announced recently. Through it, public sector organizations will receive free access to generative AI solutions running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
"Across the public sector, leaders are seeking to leverage generative AI to become more efficient and agile. However, public sector organizations face several challenges such as optimizing resources, adapting to changing needs, improving patient care, personalizing the education experience, and strengthening security," AWS said.
"To respond to these challenges, AWS is committed to helping public sector organizations unlock the potential of generative AI and other cloud-based technologies to positively impact society."
Participants will get free access to AI and infrastructure tools like:
- Amazon Bedrock: Amazon's platform for building generative AI applications.
- Amazon Q: Amazon's coding and business-focused chatbot.
- Amazon SageMaker: Amazon's tool for building machine learning models.
- AWS HealthScribe: A tool for generating clinical notes directly from doctor-patient conversations.
- AWS Trainium: Amazon's in-house machine learning chip.
- AWS Inferentia: Hardware accelerators that speed up deep learning processing within the AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
The free access will come in the form of promotional credits. Training resources, consulting and support will also be offered.
To sign up and find out more about the program, visit the AWS site.
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