Amazon adding Kimi and GLM to Bedrock signals Western demand for open source AI models.
Context
What happened: Amazon added China's Kimi and GLM open models to its Bedrock AI platform, disclosed during its third-quarter earnings call. CEO Andy Jassy said the Western world is "very hungry" for more Western open models.
Why it matters: Jassy called Bedrock's potential "gigantic," suggesting it could eventually match the scale of AWS's EC2 cloud business. He expects six to eight models to handle more than 95% of workloads within two to three years.
Key numbers: Six to eight models expected to handle over 95% of workloads in two to three years.
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