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Introduction
- Scott from Anthropic is kicking off the session to talk about Anthropic's collaboration with Amazon on Q and Connect, and Q Business.
- He expresses excitement about the collaboration and the potential to provide the foundation for businesses to thrive in the AI era.
Anthropic's Background
- Anthropic was founded in 2021 by 7 founders from OpenAI, known for creating some of the world's most intelligent foundational models while raising the bar for safety standards.
- Over the past 18 months, Anthropic has launched various versions of their language model, Claude, and made important hires like Mike Krieger, the co-founder of Instagram.
- Anthropic has seen tremendous commercial success, with Claude powering some of the hottest AI startups and large enterprises across various regulated industries.
Anthropic and Amazon's Collaboration
- The collaboration between Anthropic and Amazon is focused on three main aspects: chips, safety, and investment.
- Anthropic has chosen Amazon as their primary partner for cloud infrastructure and training, with Amazon investing $8 billion in the partnership.
- Amazon Bedrock, a managed service that provides access to Anthropic's Claude models, is seen as a key enabler for enterprises to transition from open-source models to using a top-tier language model with built-in security and tooling.
Q and Connect
- Jack Hutton from the Q and Connect team discusses how Amazon Q, a generative AI assistant for enterprises, is being integrated with Anthropic's Claude models to enhance customer service and contact center experiences.
- Q in Connect can assist agents by providing recommendations and answers, as well as engage directly with customers for self-service use cases.
- The team has opened up Q and Connect for customizations, allowing users to control the AI prompts and add additional guardrails for safety.
Q Business
- Sai from the Q Business team explains how Amazon Q Business, a generative AI-powered assistant, helps organizations boost employee productivity by answering questions, generating content, and automating tasks.
- Q Business connects to over 40 data sources, respects user permissions, and provides answers from both structured and unstructured data.
- It also supports actions across various third-party applications, as well as the ability to create lightweight applications (Q Apps) to automate repetitive tasks.
Conclusion
- The collaboration between Anthropic and Amazon is seen as a key enabler for enterprises to leverage generative AI technology, with a focus on safety, security, and a powerful foundation for thriving in the AI era.
- Customers are already seeing significant benefits in areas like contact center operations, employee productivity, and breaking down information silos.
- The presenters encourage attendees to reach out to explore how Anthropic, Q and Connect, and Q Business can help their organizations.