Amazon launches AI infrastructure project, to power Anthropic's Claude model
Anthropic, backed by Amazon, is using Project Rainier's compute cluster to build and deploy its AI model Claude. The AI firm will scale to use more than 1 million Trainium2 chips across Amazon's Web Services by the end of this year.
Project Rainier, named after the 14,410-foot (4,392-meter) stratovolcano that can be seen from Seattle on a clear day, is an endeavor as monumental as its namesake.
Trainium2, a custom-designed AWS AI chip built specifically for training artificial intelligence systems. Unlike the general-purpose chips in your laptop or phone, Trainium2 is specialized for processing the enormous amounts of data required to teach AI models how to complete all manner of different and increasingly complex tasks—fast.
