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We know science, it’s only powerful when it’s in the hands of people who know
how to use it... ...Our research shows that
almost 50% of UK organisations cite skill shortages as the biggest single barrier to their ability to adopt AI.
Investing in Future In the opening keynote, Kay said that the building blocks of infrastructure AI and skills can “unlock extraordinary customer outcomes, but these results don’t happen in isolation” before acknowledging the role partners have in “translating the technology into real business outcomes.” Throughout the opening keynote, attendees were able to hear about these business outcomes. Attendees were told how Evri uses AWS generative AI to automatically analyze over 90 million delivery photos per month to detect mis- deliveries and ensure parcels arrive at the right place, how Experian has built a transformative data and analytics platform on AWS to unify fragmented data and accelerate new product launches from months to weeks, and how the Jane Goodall Institute uses Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker to digitize decades of handwritten notes and film into an AI-powered research platform for chimpanzee behavior. But the potential for AI to do incredible things isn’t something up for debate. The biggest question to answer is how to implement it best. “We know science, it’s only powerful when it’s in the hands of people who know how to use it,” said Kay. “Our research shows that almost 50% of UK organisations cite skill shortages as the biggest single barrier to their ability to adopt AI. “At AWS, we are committed to creating the conditions for organisations in the UK and Ireland to succeed through investments in skills, in training and in support programmes. Take, for example, the AWS skills to Job Tech Alliance, which we announced here on this stage last year. It has a goal to prepare at
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