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Microsoft settles antitrust case: CISPE welcomes promises

Microsoft promises HCI on EU clouds as it settles complaint – but AWS, Google, other critics lash out

"CISPE has given Microsoft the benefit of the doubt"

Jasper Hamill July 11, 2024

AWS brings anti-hallucination Guardrails to Bedrock, promises 'grounding' in reality

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artificial intelligence

guardrails

AWS brings anti-hallucination Guardrails to Bedrock, promises 'grounding' in reality

Cloud giant wants to make sure model responses are useful and founded on a firm foundation of enterprise data, rather than wild flights of fancy

Joe Fay July 11, 2024

Can AWS really reduce the carbon footprint of AI workloads by 99% or is it 'greenwashing'?

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Sustainability

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Can AWS really reduce the carbon footprint of AI workloads by 99% or is it 'greenwashing'?

Cloud experts dig into claims that Amazon Web Services has pulled off the incredible feat of almost eliminating AI emissions by moving clients' workloads from on-premises infrastructure to its data centres

Azania Imtiaz Patel July 04, 2024

AI, CMA, competition

Microsoft

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Google and AWS turn on Microsoft as UK competition watchdog probes cloud industry

Nothing to see here say rivals – except Microsoft’s licensing practices

Joe Fay July 03, 2024

Big Iron to Big Cloud? AWS builds out mainframe migration offering with application testing toolkit

On-demand pricing for AWS Mainframe Modernization Micro Focus Runtime using a M2.m6i.8xlarge instance clocks in at $88.80/hour, for what it's worth. Cheaper options are available.

The Stack June 14, 2024