Amazon Nova, the future of AI, and more from AWS re:Invent

AI is the new electricity: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos contends that AI will become a fundamental layer in every app and service. That bet was clear this week at AWS re:Invent. Amazon's AI strategy came into focus with the unveiling of Amazon Nova, its new family of homegrown AI models, plus a new Amazon Bedrock marketplace, and more.

After spending four days in Las Vegas, attending sessions, walking the show floor, and talking with AWS executives and attendees, GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook offer their takeaways and dissect Amazon's AI strategy on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast, recorded on location at the GeekWire Studios booth in the re:Invent Expo Hall.

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• Dec. 8: Seattle Indies Holiday Party 2024

• Dec. 10: Building an AI-Ready Organization: How to Combat Shadow AI

• Dec. 10: New Tech Seattle

• Dec. 11: Year in Review 2024

• Dec. 12: 2024 GeekWire Gala

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