Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced the AWS Public Sector Generative AI Impact Initiative, a two-year, $50 million investment aimed at enhancing innovation in public sector organizations through generative AI. This initiative will provide AWS services and infrastructure, such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q, Amazon SageMaker, AWS HealthScribe, AWS Trainium, and AWS Inferentia.
Key Points of the Initiative:
– AWS is committing up to $50 million in AWS Promotional Credits, training, and technical expertise for generative AI projects.
– Factors for credit issuance include the customer’s experience with new technology, project maturity, future solution adoption potential, and generative AI skills.
– Open to new or existing AWS Worldwide Public Sector customers and partners globally who are developing generative AI solutions.
Benefits and Resources Provided:
– Tailored training for achieving go-to-market goals.
– Expertise from the Generative AI Innovation Center for ideation and implementation.
– Technical support to optimize generative AI builds using the Well-Architected Framework.
– Networking opportunities and free registration for AWS Summit events.
– Global thought leadership opportunities to showcase success stories through AWS marketing.
Commitment to Responsible AI Development:
– AWS supports safe and responsible AI technology development, partnering with initiatives like the National Science Foundation’s National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot.
– AWS contributes to the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium and invests $5 million in developing tools to evaluate AI safety.
– AWS backs the AI for Changemakers Accelerator program, led by Tech To The Rescue, and the Now Go Build CTO Fellowship program by AWS CTO Werner Vogels.
Initiative Duration: The AWS Public Sector Generative AI Impact Initiative will run from June 26, 2024, to June 30, 2026.