AWS chief technologist on the responsible approach to gen AI

AWS Chief Technologist Ishwar Parulkar joined the podcast to discuss generative AI applications for the telecom industry. He discussed challenges service providers may face when deploying the technology.

Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor

July 26, 2023

Ishwar Parulkar, chief technologist for telecom and edge cloud at AWS, joined the podcast to discuss generative AI applications for the telecom industry and how to approach the technology in a responsible, secure manner. Parulkar explained how AWS is working with developers on new generative AI applications, challenges service providers may face when deploying the technology and what the future entails for generative AI.

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Here are a few topics we covered:

  • Understanding the hype behind generative AI (00:30)

  • Generative AI applications for the telecom industry (02:41)

  • Challenges service providers may face when implementing generative AI services (06:08)

  • AWS' approach to developing generative AI models (06:48)

  • Updates on the regulatory environment for AI (10:14)

  • AWS' Innovation Center for generative AI applications (12:50)

  • What future generative AI technology might look like (15:48)

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About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

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