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Generating and editing AI images using Amazon Lightsail for Research

In this post, we show how Amazon Lightsail for Research can help you successfully deploy an artificial intelligence (AI) image generation model using open source software. We walk through deploying a Lightsail for Research GPU instance using a simplified console experience. We cover how to set up cost control rules in order to prevent or manage unnecessary costs. And we show how you can open network ports on your Lightsail for Research instance to allow others to access the software you are running.

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Transforming student communications: How Dallas College modernized its call center with AWS

For decades, Dallas College has been a beacon of affordable higher education in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Founded in 1965, this community college has welcomed more than 3 million students through its doors, empowering them to forge new careers, obtain vital training, and give back to their community. However, as enrollment swelled over the years, […]

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Extracting insights from PubMed articles using Amazon Q Business

PubMed Central (PMC) is a leading resource for biomedical literature, offering a vast repository of full-text biomedical and life sciences journal articles. While PMC offers immense potential to accelerate scientific progress, inform evidence-based practice, and drive innovation in the biomedical and life sciences fields, the sheer volume of data presents a significant challenge. This is where Amazon Q Business comes in. It’s a powerful service designed to streamline the process of analyzing vast amounts of scientific literature and provide valuable insights efficiently. Read this post to learn more.

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The Mercatus Center solves unstructured data challenges using generative AI from AWS

Seeking to make access to economic policy documents easier, the Mercatus Center — a university-based research center affiliated with George Mason University — created a generative artificial intelligence (AI) solution. Mercatus developed a platform, QuantGov, with assistance from Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources, including Amazon Bedrock, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, and AWS RDS. Accessible through an interactive AI assistant, the platform provides scalable, accurate, and no-cost access to a treasure trove of data, helping policymakers craft informed public policy that will positively impact people’s lives.

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AWS at the World Health Summit 2024: Driving digital health innovation and global collaboration

The World Health Summit 2024 served as a pivotal platform for global health leaders, policymakers, and innovators to address pressing healthcare challenges and explore cutting-edge solutions. With more than 3,500 participants from 140 countries, 21,000 online viewers, and 65,000-plus social-media engagements, the summit was a testament to the commitment of global healthcare leaders to addressing health inequities and improving patient outcomes. As a strategic partner to the World Health Summit in 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) showcased its efforts and commitment to transforming healthcare by using technology worldwide. Read this post to learn more.

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Continuous monitoring and governance: AWS best practices for keeping your data secure during the holidays

As we look ahead to 2025, it’s crucial to maintain vigilance, especially during the holiday season, when cybersecurity risks tend to escalate. Many organizations use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance their security posture and improve resilience. In this post, we discuss the AWS best practices for securing your data during the holiday season.

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Reimagining unemployment contact centers

Benefit programs like unemployment insurance are complicated and time-sensitive with weekly eligibility requirements. As a result, contact centers routinely experience high call volume that increases exponentially during economic downturns. Yet for many constituents, contact centers are the only lifeline to get the answers they need while looking for work. More than ever, agencies can benefit from AI and automation to reduce call volume, improve self-service, and empower staff productivity—not just to maintain service levels during low unemployment, but to scale and rise to the occasion of unexpected surges in demand.

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Unlocking healthcare data with Amazon Q Business

Healthcare organizations face a significant challenge in making sense of the vast amounts of unstructured medical data trapped in patient records, lab results, and clinical guidelines. Approximately 97 percent of the 50 petabytes (PB) of healthcare data generated annually goes unused. This untapped resource could hold the key to improving patient care and saving valuable clinician time. Read this post learn how we built an innovative solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS) generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that lets clinicians unlock this data treasure trove.

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The importance of democratizing generative AI to fulfill national security missions: Insights from AWS executive Ash Thankey

Ash Thankey, director of national security sales at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS), is an empathetic and energizing trailblazer who has built a career embedded in diversity of thought and problem solving, with customer obsession at the forefront. If there is anyone who knows how to consider multiple viewpoints to make informed decisions that directly assist in mission outcomes, it’s Ash. Learn more as you watch the 10th episode of the AWS Behind the Cloud vodcast.

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How to build a multilingual document summarization application using Amazon Bedrock

In this post, we showcase a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application that can search and query across multiple Indian languages using the Cohere Embed – Multilingual model and Anthropic Claude 3 on Amazon Bedrock. This post focuses on Indian languages, but you can use the approach with other languages that are supported by the large language model.