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Large language models (LLMs) have rapidly evolved, becoming integral to applications ranging from conversational AI to complex reasoning tasks. However, as models grow in size and capability, effectively evaluating their performance has become increasingly challenging. Traditional benchmarking metrics like perplexity and BLEU scores often fail to capture the nuances ofContinue Reading

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AI-powered speech solutions are transforming contact centers by enabling natural conversations between customers and AI agents, shortening wait times, and dramatically reducing operational costs—all without sacrificing the human-like interaction customers expect. With the recent launch of Amazon Nova Sonic in Amazon Bedrock, you can now build sophisticated conversational AI agentsContinue Reading

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Evaluating the performance of large language models (LLMs) goes beyond statistical metrics like perplexity or bilingual evaluation understudy (BLEU) scores. For most real-world generative AI scenarios, it’s crucial to understand whether a model is producing better outputs than a baseline or an earlier iteration. This is especially important for applicationsContinue Reading

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Amazon Bedrock offers model customization capabilities for customers to tailor versions of foundation models (FMs) to their specific needs through features such as fine-tuning and distillation. Today, we’re announcing the launch of on-demand deployment for customized models ready to be deployed on Amazon Bedrock. On-demand deployment for customized models providesContinue Reading

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This post is co-written with Mark Berkeland and Oscar Rodriguez from Vonage. Voice-based technologies are transforming the way businesses engage with customers across customer support, virtual assistants, and intelligent agents. However, creating real-time, expressive, and highly responsive voice interfaces still requires navigating a complex stack of communication protocols, AI models,Continue Reading

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The rapid growth of generative AI technology has been a catalyst for business productivity growth, creating new opportunities for greater efficiency, enhanced customer service experiences, and more successful customer outcomes. Today’s generative AI advances are helping existing technologies achieve their long-promised potential. For example, voice-first applications have been gaining tractionContinue Reading

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Amazon operations span the globe, touching the lives of millions of customers, employees, and vendors every day. From the vast logistics network to the cutting-edge technology infrastructure, this scale is a testament to the company’s ability to innovate and serve its customers. With this scale comes a responsibility to manageContinue Reading

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Modern enterprises are rich in data that spans multiple modalities—from text documents and PDFs to presentation slides, images, audio recordings, and more. Imagine asking an AI assistant about your company’s quarterly earnings call: the assistant should not only read the transcript but also “see” the charts in the presentation slidesContinue Reading