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Re: Amazon introduces Nova Chat

#11
>> Amazon makes it easier for developers and tech enthusiasts to explore Amazon Nova

Well, you don't. Can't find a simple way to try it out. Not that i expected anything else. The only thing saving AWS in the AI wave seems to be their deal with Anthropic.

Re: Amazon introduces Nova Chat

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post #11

>> Amazon makes it easier for developers and tech enthusiasts to explore Amazon Nova Well, you don't. Can't find a simple way to try it out. Not that i expected anything else. The only thing saving AWS in the AI wave seems to be their deal with Anthropic.

If it’s anything like AWS then that makes sense. Why is the UI for all cloud providers absolutely dogshit? Has anyone written about this?

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#13
Still can't seem to do RAG or otherwise answer questions about a specific URL. Seems kinda useless compared to even copilot or Gemini 2.5 unless I'm missing something.

I asked it to summarize this thread [0] and it just said "that thread is about the monthly "who's hiring"' on HN", not even close.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43533516

Re: Amazon introduces Nova Chat

#14
post #10

The UI is kind of horrendous. Not even a dark mode. I also have a hard time imagining wanting to use BedRock at this point. Still can't use any of the leading models besides Claude, plus IAM config is comparatively painful, and you have to setup bedrock-access-gateway to get an OpenAI compatible API for tools that expect that API setup.

The AWS console supports dark mode. Just click the gear icon in the top bar.

I'm talking about the actual product interface here: https://nova.amazon.com/chat

Unless I've missed it, which is totally possible, I don't see anything in the UI or the settings that lets me change to a different theme.

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Well they certainly have the GPUs for that. I wonder if this will squeeze cloud GPU pricing even more or it's already priced.

Do they?? Trying to get GPU's from AWS at work is like pulling teeth for me.

Wait you mean you don't want to reserve 8xH100s a week from now for $20,000 just for your 1 day experiment? Crazy.

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#17

The UI is kind of horrendous. Not even a dark mode. I also have a hard time imagining wanting to use BedRock at this point. Still can't use any of the leading models besides Claude, plus IAM config is comparatively painful, and you have to setup bedrock-access-gateway to get an OpenAI compatible API for tools that expect that API setup.

Amazon likes to force their devs into full stack roles, like they'll hire you for a frontend role and you'll end up writing java. Some teams do recognize the need for specialization, but generally speaking UI at amazon is an afterthought.

Re: Amazon introduces Nova Chat

#18
I don't really understand where this fits in the market? It's not as intelligent as the pack leaders and is about onpar with GPT-4o mini. When comparing it to GPT-4o mini further, while it is a bit faster, GPT-4o mini is a lot more cheaper [Source: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/nova-pro/providers].

In terms of value for money, I would probably go with GPT-4o mini and not Nova Pro. Maybe Amazon feels that it needs to have their own offering to stay relevant?

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