SourceLaunching External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock is expanding its Web Search tool by adding the external_web_access parameter. This allows models to retrieve live content directly from the public web for more current information.
Why it matters
Users can now access real-time data like live pricing while choosing whether sensitive information stays within secure AWS boundaries.
The details
- Available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon).
- Requires bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess security permissions (IAM) to enable external access.
- Setting the parameter to false restricts results to Amazon's internal web index.
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Amazon owns Web Search on Amazon Bedrock
Amazon developed and launched Web Search on Amazon Bedrock.
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is related to Amazon Bedrock
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is a built-in server-side tool for Amazon Bedrock.
Amazon Bedrock is built with Foundation Models
Amazon Bedrock provides foundation models for building generative AI applications.
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is related to Foundation Models
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock allows foundation models to ground responses in current web knowledge.
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock uses Knowledge Graph
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock serves results from Amazon's in-AWS web index and knowledge graph when external web access is disabled.
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is located in United States
External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is available in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio) and US West (Oregon) AWS Regions.
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