Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers researchers in the field of artificial intelligence in total Grant worth $110 million and launched a new lending program. “Build on TrainiumThis program called ” research into artificial intelligence It is designed to support.

Such as Google’s Trillium and Microsoft’s Maia with special artificial intelligence chips Competing AWS is turning heads with its Trainium, Inferentia and Graviton chips. With this new program, AWS wants to support institutions, scientists and students conducting research into artificial intelligence.

40,000 Trainium chips and $11 million in support for researchers

Under the program, up to $11 million in Trainium loans will be provided to universities with strategic partnerships, and up to $500,000 in individual grants will be provided to the broader AI research community. Moreover research teams and students have access From 40,000 Trainium chips He also announced that he had created a “research cluster” consisting of: The goal of the program is to provide researchers with hardware support and the necessary resources to continue their research.

Speaking about the details of the program, Gadi Hutt, senior director of AWS’s Annapurna Labs, said that participants in the fair Trainium learning resources He stated that he will also provide access to support programs.

However, this program is criticized by some groups. Os Keyes, a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington who studies the ethical implications of emerging technologies, called this a “general corruption of academic research funding.” AWS decides which projects receive subsidies Keyes stated that the process was not transparent and questioned whether funds would be allocated based on research value and needs.