Amazon Web Services introduces Olympus, a new Large Language Model, in an effort to compete with OpenAI and Microsoft.
AWS (Amazon Web Services), the web services division of the world’s largest online retailer and technology provider, Amazon, recently announced its intention to introduce Olympus, a Large Language Model (LLM).
Meanwhile, the forthcoming introduction of the LLM Olympus will significantly affect the online retail platform of the technology giant.Â
Additionally, it is claimed that this launch will propel Amazon’s Web Services division to new heights by advancing functionalities within the Alexa voice assistant on devices such as the Amazon Echo.
According to reports, upon its launch, the initiative will provide AI-based LLM services and become one of OpenAI and Microsoft’s most formidable competitors.
Amazon Explores the Infinite Sphere Of AI
The introduction of Titan, a collection of Greek-named large language models that Amazon is presently utilizing to provide services to cloud clients, was postponed a year ago.
However, it was reported that the debut of Titan was postponed on account of its comparatively lower performance in contrast to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Following that, the tech titan intensified its efforts to promote the creation of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) framework that surpasses all others in the field of LLM.
As a result of its foray into artificial intelligence, Amazon allegedly spent millions on the training of an ambitious LLM comparable in caliber to ChatGPT.
Everything About Amazon’s Olympus
Reports indicate that the Olympus model has nearly 2 trillion parameters, which makes it one of the most extensive LLMs ever created.
According to reports, even the most recent iteration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, GPT-4, has a mere one trillion parameters.
Meanwhile, the exact date by which Olympus will be completed and released has yet to be disclosed by the tech giant as of this writing; however, it is anticipated to be introduced in December.
Olympus is expected to exhibit superior performance compared to Amazon’s existing LLM, Titan.
The LLM Olympus is being developed under the leadership of Rohit Prasad,  former head of Alexa, an Amazon-backed virtual assistant technology.
Another recent development concerning the foray of online retailers into the domain of artificial intelligence (AI) was the introduction of Bailing, the latest AI model developed by Ant Group, a fintech affiliate of Alibaba.
Previously, the Chinese tech giant unveiled Tongyi Qianwen 2.0, an LLM considered competitive with Open AI and other LLM developers.
