How hard is it to check whether an image is an AI deepfake or not?
Of course, its not that easy.
Amazon did not offer manyor really anydetailsaboutTitanscapabilities, let alone its training data.
This iguana was created with Amazon’s ‘Titan’ AI image generator. The image supposedly has a watermark to clarify that it’s actually a fake iguana.Image: AWS
Its nothing we havent seen before, but the model is restricted to AWS customers through theBedrockplatform.
Its a foundational model for businesses to integrate into their own platforms.
This is designed to help reduce the spread of misinformation by providing a discreet mechanism to identify AI-generated images.
Gizmodo reached out to Amazon for clarification, but we did not immediately hear back.
Amazons AI models may be the most closed-off from any major company released so far.
In ablog post, the leading AI chip maker Nvidia said Amazon used itsNeMo frameworkfor training the new model.
Theres a reason why the company wouldnt want to talk much about what went into this AI.
On Wednesday, Sivasubramanian told attendees that the indemnification policy would also apply to the Titan model.
Just what that means is up in the air without getting the chance to test it.
Update 11/30/23 at 3:55 p.m.
ET: This post was updated to include a comment from an Amazon spokesperson.
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