Amazon is the most recent technology giant to declare the introduction of a chatbot driven by artificial intelligence (AI).
Amazon has announced the launch of a chatbot called Q, powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This chatbot is designed to assist businesses in tasks such as summarizing lengthy documents or group chats, ultimately boosting productivity. This move comes approximately a year after OpenAI’s ChatGPT made a significant impact on the market, leading to a rush among tech companies to adopt similar technologies.
Amazon has also emphasized that Q will provide protection to companies by addressing copyright concerns arising from the use of the bot. This decision follows high-profile lawsuits against OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, which faced allegations of copyright infringement during the training of their AI system.
Amazon intends to gradually integrate Q into its primary business applications, with the aim of enticing more companies to utilize its cloud computing services. The chatbot’s capabilities include answering customer queries, generating charts, analyzing data, and assisting businesses with coding requirements.
The competition among tech giants to innovate in the field of AI has been intensifying, with Microsoft often regarded as a leader due to its significant investment in ChatGPT. In September, Amazon announced an investment of “up to $4 billion” in Anthropic, an AI company established by former OpenAI team members. Additionally, Amazon owns Mechanical Turk, a service that crowdsources the training of AI models.
Concerns Related to Copyright.
As it introduces its new product “Q,” the company has made assurances to shield businesses from potential copyright disputes, such as the legal action initiated by comedian Sarah Silverman against OpenAI and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, back in July.
Ms. Silverman, along with two other writers, alleged that their books had been incorporated into the training of ChatGPT and that Meta’s Llama AI system was also making use of their content.
In November, a US judge dismissed a significant portion of Silverman’s lawsuit.
Nevertheless, other authors like Margaret Atwood and Philip Pullman have also voiced their demands for compensation from AI companies that utilize their literary works.