Amazon announced the establishment of a new R&D laboratory in San Francisco - the "Amazon AGI SF Laboratory", focusing on developing the underlying capabilities of intelligent agents. The lab will be led by David Luan, co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Adept, with the goal of creating intelligent agents that can act in the digital and physical worlds and handle complex workflows. This marks Amazon’s major investment in the field of artificial intelligence, especially intelligent agent technology, aiming to enhance its competitiveness in the field of AI and further expand the application scenarios of its cloud services and smart devices. The laboratory's key research directions include: AI agents performing real-world operations, learning human feedback, self-correction, and inferring human goals.
Amazon recently announced that it will establish a new R&D laboratory in San Francisco, named "Amazon AGI SF Laboratory", aiming to focus on building the "basic" capabilities of intelligent agents.
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The lab will be led by David Luan, co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Adept, with the goal of developing intelligent agents that can take actions in the digital and physical world and handle complex workflows that Involves the use of computers, web browsers, and code interpreters.
"Our work will build on Amazon's broader AGI team," Ruane and Pieter Abbeel, Amazon's head of robotics research, said in a joint article. An Amazon spokesperson also revealed , Abel will work closely with Ruan and AGI SF laboratories in the future.
They said the lab's initial focus will be on several key research directions that will enable AI agents to perform real-world operations, learn from human feedback, self-correct, and infer human goals. The lab will be staffed by Adept employees, and Amazon also plans to hire dozens of researchers from fields such as quantitative finance, physics and mathematics.
Notably, Adept is a two-year-old company that develops AI models that can perform operations on various software tools using natural language. The vision is to create an "AI team player" capable of using a variety of software tools and APIs. Currently, many companies are also exploring this direction. According to Emergen Research, the agent AI industry is expected to be worth $31 billion by the end of this year, and 82% of organizations plan to integrate AI agents within the next three years, drawing much attention due to the efficiency gains it may bring.
In addition, OpenAI and other large AI companies are developing intelligent agents that can complete tasks autonomously. Earlier this year, OpenAI rival Anthropic released its technology, while Google is reportedly working on AI agents that can make purchases, such as flights and hotel reservations.
Although Amazon has made some attempts in the agency field, it has not yet made a major layout. In July, the company launched conversational agents on its Bedrock AI development platform, and last week it introduced agents to its Amazon Q business assistant platform for enterprise customers and developers. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also hinted that Alexa in the future will not only answer questions but also perform specific actions.
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? Amazon established the "Amazon AGI SF Laboratory" in San Francisco to focus on the research and development of intelligent agents.
?The lab is led by Adept co-founder David Ruan and its goal is to develop AI agents capable of executing complex processes.
? Amazon plans to recruit multiple researchers to further promote the development of AI agent technology.
Amazon's move demonstrates its ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence. By setting up specialized laboratories and recruiting top talents, it will further promote the development of intelligent agent technology and may be applied to Amazon's various products and services in the future to enhance user experience. experience and efficiency. This will undoubtedly intensify competition among technology giants in the field of artificial intelligence.