DBS to train staff in artificial intelligence, machine learning via Amazon tie-up

DBS is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to equip at least 3,000 of the bank's employees - including senior leadership - with new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) skills by the end of this year, through gamified learning. This is meant to accelerate the use of AI and ML across its business, the bank said in a press statement on Monday. Both companies jointly launched the DBS x AWS DeepRacer League, which will enable DBS employees to learn the basics of AI and ML through a series of hands-on online tutorials. They will then put their new knowledge to the test by programming their own autonomous model race car. These ML models will be uploaded onto a virtual racing environment where the employees can experiment and iteratively finetune their models as they engage each other in friendly competition.