Ngokombiko we-Business Insider, abantu abanolwazi ngalolu daba bathi i-Amazon ihlela kabusha kakhulu isu layo lobuhlakani bokwenziwa, okuhlanganisa nokuyeka kancane kancane ukuthuthukiswa kwamamodeli amaningi e-AI eyazakhele yona, ukuhlela kabusha amaqembu ahlobene nalokhu, kanye nokugxilisa onjiniyela abaningi nezinsiza kuphrojekthi entsha yamamodeli aphambili, ukuze iqinise ukuncintisana kwenkampani emkhakheni wamamodeli e-AI asezingeni eliphezulu.
Lolu hlelo lokuhlela kabusha lulandela ukuncishiswa kwabasebenzi emnyangweni we-General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) wase-Amazon ngesonto eledlule, kanye nokuvalwa kwethimba locwaningo i-AGI Lab. I-AGI Lab yasungulwa ngo-2024, ngesikhathi i-Amazon iqasha iningi lethimba eliyinhloko lenkampani esafufusa ye-AI i-Adept, yalisebenzisa ukwakha lesi sikhungo socwaningo.
Lolu hlelo lokuhlela kabusha lusho ukuthi i-Amazon isiphinde yagxila kakhulu esu layo le-AI. Ngokungafani nesikhathi esedlule lapho yayithuthukisa khona amamodeli amaningi ombhalo, izithombe nevidiyo ngasikhathi sinye, inkampani manje igxilisa onjiniyela nezinsiza zayo ezilinganiselwe zokusebenzisa ikhompyutha kumaphrojekthi abaluleke kakhulu.
Ngokusho kwabantu abanolwazi ngalolu daba, i-Amazon isiqalile kancane kancane ukunciphisa ukugxila kwayo kumamodeli amaningi aphambili ochungechunge lwe-Nova, okuhlanganisa i-Premier ne-Omni esezingeni eliphezulu, imodeli yokukhiqiza amavidiyo i-Reel, kanye nemodeli yokukhiqiza izithombe i-Canvas.
Abanye abasebenzi base-Amazon bachaza lezi zinhlobo zamamodeli ngokuthi sezisesimweni se-“KTLO” (Keep the Lights On). Leli yigama elisetshenziswa kubunjiniyela besoftware, elisho ukuthi umkhiqizo usazoqhubeka nokunakekelwa ukuze usize amakhasimende akhona, kodwa awusagxilwe kuwo njengendlela eyinhloko yocwaningo nentuthuko yenkampani.
Abantu abanolwazi ngalolu daba bathi izinsiza eziningi ziya ngokuya zisuka kumamodeli akhona e-Nova ziye kuphrojekthi entsha yamamodeli aphambili. Le phrojekthi iphethwe ngumcwaningi u-Pieter Abbeel, owajoyina i-Amazon ngemuva kokuthengwa kwenkampani esafufusa yamarobhothi e-AI i-Covariant. Le phrojekthi, enegama langaphakathi elithi FMR (Frontier Model Research, ucwaningo lwamamodeli aphambili), isibe yinto ebaluleke kakhulu ebhizinisini le-AI lase-Amazon kulo nyaka.
Ngaphansi kwale phrojekthi, i-Amazon ithuthukisa imodeli entsha eyinhloko, okulindeleke ukuthi yethulwe ngokusemthethweni emcimbini waminyaka yonke we-AWS re:Invent ozoba ekwindla yalo nyaka.
Umkhulumeli we-Amazon utshele i-Business Insider ukuthi inkampani ihlale inakekela isikhathi eside amamodeli e-AI asevele esetshenziswa ekukhiqizweni, ngoba amakhasimende asathembela kule mikhiqizo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, inkampani isazimisele ngokutshala imali kumamodeli e-AI aphambili.
Lo mkhulumeli uthe: “Amamodeli e-AI asengelinye lamabhizinisi ethu abaluleke kakhulu, futhi lokho akukashintshi. Njengawo wonke amaqoqo emikhiqizo ye-AI, sizohlala silungisa uhlu lwamamodeli ngokwezidingo zamakhasimende, futhi njengoba amamodeli ethuthuka, sizonikeza amakhasimende iziqondiso ezicacile zokuthuthukela kuwo kanye nezindlela zokuwadlulisela.”
Nokho, ukushintshwa kwesakhiwo senhlangano akusho ukuthi i-Amazon izowushiya ngokuphelele umkhiqizo we-Nova. Imikhiqizo ye-Nova esasele ihlanganisa amamodeli ayisisekelo i-Nova 2 Sonic ne-Nova 2 Lite, insizakalo i-Nova Forge yokwakha nokwenza ngokwezifiso amamodeli, kanye nobuchwepheshe bezinhlangano ezisebenza ngobuhlakani i-Nova Act. Empeleni, imodeli entsha ehamba phambili ethuthukiswa yi-FMR nayo ingaqhubeka nokusebenzisa igama le-Nova esikhathini esizayo.
Ngokuqondile, lolu shintsho luyingxenye yokuhlelwa kabusha okuphelele kwebhizinisi le-AI lase-Amazon kulo nyaka odlule.
I-Amazon yasungula umnyango we-AGI ngo-2023, owawubhekele ukuthuthukisa amamodeli ayisisekelo nobunye ubuchwepheshe obubalulekile obungasekela imikhiqizo ye-AI yenkampani esikhathini esizayo. URohit Prasad, owayenesikhathi eside ephethe ibhizinisi le-Alexa, wahola lo mnyango kwaze kwaba yilapho eshiya inkampani ngo-2025 December.
Umnyango we-AGI wawunamaqembu amaningi akhethekile, elinye lawo kwakuyi-AGI Lab. Lesi sikhungo sasungulwa ngo-2024, ngesikhathi i-Amazon iqasha ithimba labasunguli ababambisene be-Adept futhi ithola nelayisensi yobuchwepheshe bayo. I-AGI Lab, eyayiholwa umsunguli obambisene we-Adept u-David Luan, yayigxile ocwaningweni oluyisisekelo lwe-AI lwesikhathi eside. U-Luan washiya i-Amazon ngo-February walo nyaka, kwathi inkampani yavala i-AGI Lab ohlelweni lwayo lwakamuva lokuhlela kabusha ngesonto eledlule.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-FMR nayo yasungulwa ngaphakathi komnyango we-AGI, ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa amamodeli e-AI aphambili esizukulwane esilandelayo e-Amazon. Ngemuva kokusula kuka-Prasad, i-Amazon yaqoka u-Pieter Abbeel ukuthi aphathe leli thimba. Abantu abanolwazi ngalolu daba bathi kusukela lapho, i-FMR kancane kancane yaba yinto esemqoka kakhulu kuwo wonke umnyango we-AGI.
Isakhiwo senhlangano yawo wonke umnyango we-AGI sashintshwa. Ngo-December odlule, i-Amazon yabeka umnyango we-AGI ngaphansi kokuphathwa kwephini likamongameli eliphezulu u-Peter DeSantis, yawuhlanganisa neminyango yenkampani yokucwaninga ngama-chip kanye ne-quantum computing.
Abantu abanolwazi ngalolu daba bathi, uma kuqhathaniswa nowayengumphathi u-Prasad, u-DeSantis usebenzise isu le-AI eligxile kakhulu. Ngesikhathi sika-Prasad, i-Amazon yayiqhuba ngasikhathi sinye amaphrojekthi amaningi amamodeli okukhiqiza umbhalo, izithombe nevidiyo; kanti u-DeSantis wagxilisa onjiniyela nezinsiza zokusebenzisa ikhompyutha emaphrojekthini ambalwa, kodwa ancintisana kakhulu, okuthuthukisa amamodeli aphambili.
Abasebenzi bathi inkampani cishe ayizange iveze lutho mayelana nezinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo zochungechunge lwe-Nova, okudale ukungaqiniseki okukhulu phakathi kwamaqembu.
Abantu abanolwazi ngalolu daba bathi ukuncishiswa kwabasebenzi kumangaze abasebenzi abaningi, ngoba abacwaningi bamamodeli aphambili bebelokhu bebhekwa njengamanye amathalente ezobuchwepheshe abaluleke kakhulu e-Amazon. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umnyango we-AGI isikhathi eside wawusebenzisa uhlelo lwezigaba namaholo oluhlukile kolweminye iminyango yenkampani, ukuze ukwazi ukuheha nokugcina amathalente e-AI ngentshiseko enkulu.
Lolu chungechunge lwezinguquko lukhombisa ukuthi isu le-AI lase-Amazon selishintshe kakhulu. Ngonyaka odlule nje, i-AWS yethula i-Nova Omni 2 emcimbini we-re:Invent, yayibeka njengemodeli eyinhloko yenkampani yokucabanga ngezindlela eziningi. Ngo-2023, u-Andy Jassy, oyi-CEO yase-Amazon, naye wakhuthaza mathupha ukusungulwa komnyango we-AGI, enethemba lokwakha imodeli eyisisekelo eyayizoba nesifiso esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Amazon, ngakho-ke kwasungulwa amaqembu ocwaningo ayisithupha amasha.
Nokho, kungakapheli neminyaka emithathu, lo mnyango usuqale kancane kancane ukunciphisa ukugxila kwamanye amamodeli aphambili e-Nova, wabe usuhlela kabusha isakhiwo senhlangano uzungeze uhlelo olusha lokuthuthukisa amamodeli aphambili.