AWS launches new Nova AI models and a service that gives customers more control

Core Insights - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching new AI models and a service for enterprises to create custom versions of these models, enhancing its AI offerings [1][5]. Group 1: New AI Models - AWS introduced Nova 2, which includes four new AI models aimed at improving reasoning capabilities and processing various types of data [1][3]. - The new models consist of Nova 2 Lite, a cost-effective reasoning model; Nova 2 Pro, designed for complex tasks; Nova 2 Sonic, a speech-to-speech model for conversational AI; and Nova 2 Omni, a multimodal model that processes multiple input types [3][4]. Group 2: Nova Forge Service - AWS announced Nova Forge, a service allowing enterprises to build custom versions of Nova models, called Novellas, for an annual fee of $100,000 [5]. - This service provides access to pre-trained, mid-trained, or post-trained models, enabling companies to train these models on their proprietary data [5][7]. Group 3: Customer Adoption - Tens of thousands of customers, including major companies like Infosys, Blue Origin, and Robinhood, are currently using the Nova models [3]. - Early adopters of the Nova Forge service include companies such as Reddit, Sony, and Booking.com [9].