Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock now supports Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Cohere embedding models

During AWS re:Invent 2023, we announced the general availability of Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock. With a knowledge base, you can securely connect foundation models (FMs) in Amazon Bedrock to your company data for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). In my Continue reading Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock now supports Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Cohere embedding models

AWS Weekly Roundup — Happy Lunar New Year, IaC generator, NFL’s digital athlete, AWS Cloud Clubs, and more — February 12, 2024

Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing you a year filled with joy, success, and endless opportunities! May the Year of the Dragon bring uninterrupted connections and limitless growth In case you missed it, here’s outstanding news you need to know as Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup — Happy Lunar New Year, IaC generator, NFL’s digital athlete, AWS Cloud Clubs, and more — February 12, 2024

AWS Weekly Roundup — Amazon Q in AWS Glue, Amazon PartyRock Hackathon, CDK Migrate, and more — February 5, 2024

With all the generative AI announcements at AWS re:invent 2023, I’ve committed to dive deep into this technology and learn as much as I can. If you are too, I’m happy that among other resources available, the AWS community also Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup — Amazon Q in AWS Glue, Amazon PartyRock Hackathon, CDK Migrate, and more — February 5, 2024

New chat experience for AWS Glue using natural language – Amazon Q data integration in AWS Glue (Preview)

Today we’re previewing a new chat experience for AWS Glue that will let you use natural language to author and troubleshoot data integration jobs. Amazon Q data integration in AWS Glue will reduce the time and effort you need to Continue reading New chat experience for AWS Glue using natural language – Amazon Q data integration in AWS Glue (Preview)

AWS Weekly Roundup — Amazon ECS, RDS for MySQL, EMR Studio, AWS Community, and more — January 22, 2024

As usual, a lot has happened in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) universe this past week. I’m also excited about all the AWS Community events and initiatives that are happening around the world. Let’s take a look together! Last week’s Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup — Amazon ECS, RDS for MySQL, EMR Studio, AWS Community, and more — January 22, 2024

How Datalex enhances developer experience using Amazon Bedrock

Datalex, a leading provider of omni channel airline retail solutions, has worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as both a customer and an AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency Partner. As the Datalex team learned more about the transformative benefits of Continue reading How Datalex enhances developer experience using Amazon Bedrock

AWS re:Invent recap: A transformative year for travel and hospitality

AWS re:Invent 2023 made history for travel and hospitality at Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS launched over 100 new services, features, instances, and AWS Region expansions. Many of these technological advances will help the travel and hospitality (T&H) industry enhance Continue reading AWS re:Invent recap: A transformative year for travel and hospitality

AWS for Telecom demos at AWS re:Invent 2023 Industry Pavilion

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the intersection of cloud computing, generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and 5G technology provides communication service providers (CSPs) with fresh revenue streams and the opportunity to attract and retain new customers. Through Continue reading AWS for Telecom demos at AWS re:Invent 2023 Industry Pavilion

The critical role of omnichannel customer loyalty in modern retail success

Building and maintaining a loyal customer base is critical to the long-term success of retail. This is especially true in today’s multichannel digital shopping space that now even includes hybrid brick-and-mortar “smart stores.” Retail predictions recently released in a worldwide Continue reading The critical role of omnichannel customer loyalty in modern retail success

Evaluate, compare, and select the best foundation models for your use case in Amazon Bedrock (preview)

I’m happy to share that you can now evaluate, compare, and select the best foundation models (FMs) for your use case in Amazon Bedrock. Model Evaluation on Amazon Bedrock is available today in preview. Amazon Bedrock offers a choice of Continue reading Evaluate, compare, and select the best foundation models for your use case in Amazon Bedrock (preview)

Amazon Titan Image Generator, Multimodal Embeddings, and Text models are now available in Amazon Bedrock

Today, we’re introducing two new Amazon Titan multimodal foundation models (FMs): Amazon Titan Image Generator (preview) and Amazon Titan Multimodal Embeddings. I’m also happy to share that Amazon Titan Text Lite and Amazon Titan Text Express are now generally available Continue reading Amazon Titan Image Generator, Multimodal Embeddings, and Text models are now available in Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now provides access to Anthropic’s latest model, Claude 2.1

Today, we’re announcing the availability of Anthropic’s Claude 2.1 foundation model (FM) in Amazon Bedrock. Last week, Anthropic introduced its latest model, Claude 2.1, delivering key capabilities for enterprises such as an industry-leading 200,000 token context window (2x the context Continue reading Amazon Bedrock now provides access to Anthropic’s latest model, Claude 2.1

New generative AI features in Amazon Connect, including Amazon Q, facilitate improved contact center service

If you manage a contact center, then you know the critical role that agents play in helping your organization build customer trust and loyalty. Those of us who’ve reached out to a contact center know how important agents are with Continue reading New generative AI features in Amazon Connect, including Amazon Q, facilitate improved contact center service

New Amazon Q in QuickSight uses generative AI assistance for quicker, easier data insights (preview)

Today, I’m happy to share that Amazon Q in QuickSight is available for preview. Now you can experience the Generative BI capabilities in Amazon QuickSight announced on July 26, as well as two additional capabilities for business users. Turning insights Continue reading New Amazon Q in QuickSight uses generative AI assistance for quicker, easier data insights (preview)

Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock helps implement safeguards customized to your use cases and responsible AI policies (preview)

As part of your responsible artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, you can now use Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock (preview) to promote safe interactions between users and your generative AI applications by implementing safeguards customized to your use cases and responsible AI Continue reading Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock helps implement safeguards customized to your use cases and responsible AI policies (preview)

Agents for Amazon Bedrock is now available with improved control of orchestration and visibility into reasoning

Back in July, we introduced Agents for Amazon Bedrock in preview. Today, Agents for Amazon Bedrock is generally available. Agents for Amazon Bedrock helps you accelerate generative artificial intelligence (AI) application development by orchestrating multistep tasks. Agents uses the reasoning Continue reading Agents for Amazon Bedrock is now available with improved control of orchestration and visibility into reasoning

Customize models in Amazon Bedrock with your own data using fine-tuning and continued pre-training

Today, I’m excited to share that you can now privately and securely customize foundation models (FMs) with your own data in Amazon Bedrock to build applications that are specific to your domain, organization, and use case. With custom models, you Continue reading Customize models in Amazon Bedrock with your own data using fine-tuning and continued pre-training

Knowledge Bases now delivers fully managed RAG experience in Amazon Bedrock

Back in September, we introduced Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock in preview. Starting today, Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock is generally available. With a knowledge base, you can securely connect foundation models (FMs) in Amazon Bedrock to your company data Continue reading Knowledge Bases now delivers fully managed RAG experience in Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics adds new generative AI-powered call summaries (preview)

We are announcing generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered call summarization in Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics in preview. Powered by Amazon Bedrock, this feature helps businesses improve customer experience, and agent and supervisor productivity by automatically summarizing customer service calls. Amazon Transcribe Continue reading Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics adds new generative AI-powered call summaries (preview)