Amazon is making waves in the AI scene with its ambitious investment in 'Olympus,' a colossal language model aimed at rivaling industry leaders like OpenAI. Tipped to house a whopping 2 trillion parameters, Olympus could potentially become one of the largest AI models globally, surpassing even GPT-4, which boasted 1 trillion parameters.
Guiding this formidable project is Rohit Prasad, former head of Alexa and now Amazon's head scientist for AGI. The company envisions that deploying cutting-edge, in-house models like Olympus will give them a strategic advantage in the competitive landscape, especially enhancing their AWS offerings.
This move comes after the delay of Amazon's previous LLM, 'Titan,' as executives recognized the superior capabilities of models like ChatGPT. The tech rivalry is heating up, and Amazon is gearing up for a significant play in the AI arena.
Exciting times!
