The Path of AI Creator News: Amazon Bedrock is being reevaluated. Will it evolve into a more user-friendly and competitive platform? #AmazonBedrock #GenerativeAI #CloudServices
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Amazon's AI "Bedrock" undergoes a major transformation? Is it really easier to use?
Hello, and welcome to my blog, which explains AI technology in an easy-to-understand way! I'm John. Recently, you often hear the term "generative AI." It's AI that can write sentences, draw pictures, and do all sorts of things almost like magic. In fact, Amazon also offers a great generative AI service called "Bedrock." In this article, I'd like to talk about how Bedrock may be undergoing major changes in the future. I'll do my best to explain it so that even those who are new to AI can understand it!
What is Amazon Bedrock?
First, let's start by asking "What is Amazon Bedrock?" Bedrock is a service that integrates various AI models (like the brains of AI) created by many companies.A single, easy-to-use platformThat's right. When a company thinks, "I want to try using AI in my business," with Bedrock, they can use the power of AI without any complicated preparation.
For example, you can create a chatbot that automatically answers customer inquiries, or have AI come up with new product ideas. With Bedrock, you can do things like that relatively easily. That's why Bedrock is such a reliable tool for many companies.
But there are voices calling for more from Bedrock...
Bedrock is a very useful tool, but we've started to hear from people at companies who use it that they wish it was more like this. What kind of complaints are they having?
- "Can't we use that famous AI?"
In fact, Bedrock does not allow you to directly use the very popular AI model made by a company called "OpenAI," famous for ChatGPT, etc. This seems to disappoint many people.
Of course, you can use OpenAI's AI in other ways, but doing so can incur extra costs (like a "porting fee" to bring the data to Bedrock), make the setup more complicated, make the AI a little slower to respond, raise security concerns, and so on, which can be a bit of a hassle. - "I want more convenient tools for creating AI apps..."
Although it's great that Bedrock lets you choose from a variety of AI models, some people say that it lacks a few "help tools" for using those AI models to actually create applications (services and features that use AI).
For example, to have AI automate various tasks,AI Agents" (which is like a little assistant for AI), and a smart mechanism for AI to look up external information and then respondRAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)What they'd like to see is more tools that make it easier to use Salesforce and more features to automate work workflow.
Rivals such as Microsoft and Google are putting effort into these kinds of "help tools," so many people are hoping that Amazon will do its best too.
Some users seem to have the impression that Bedrock is currently more of a "marketplace for AI models" and not a "control center that skillfully controls AI."
"I want to modify the AI myself!" How does it work with open source?
Recently, in the world of AI development,Open Source" is a very popular tool. Open source means that the blueprints are publicly available and anyone can freely improve or use it. By using this, you can fine-tune the behavior of the AI to suit your needs.
However, it has been pointed out that Amazon Bedrock may be lagging behind in its integration with open source AI development tools. AWS (Amazon Web Services, Amazon's cloud service) has also released an open source AI agent development kit called "Strands Agents", but it seems that this is still separate from Bedrock itself and has not been fully integrated. Developers may be thinking, "I wish I could use it smoothly within Bedrock..."
Amazon strikes back? Bedrock could be getting a makeover!
But don't worry! It seems that Amazon is listening to the voices of these users.Significant power boostThere is information that plans to do this are underway behind the scenes!
Specifically, it is said that the changes may look like this:
- Making smarter AI agents easier! It may become easier to create lots of little AI assistants and have them work together like a team.
- RAG (a system in which AI examines external information and responds) is now easier to use! This will enable the AI to provide more accurate, up-to-date answers.
- Pricing structure is now even more flexible! It is also expected to have simple, pay-as-you-go pricing.
In other words, Bedrock has evolved from being a place where you can simply use AI models toA more convenient platform where AI intelligently and automatically performs various tasks"It may be that the company is trying to evolve into this.
Do we really need a major shakeup? What the experts say...
However, some experts are wondering if it's really worth redesigning Bedrock altogether.
One expert said, "I think what customers really want is not a major change to Bedrock itself, but a new service that makes it easier to use open source AI development tools on AWS." With the current method, you have to prepare and manage your own virtual computer (called an EC2 instance), which is a bit of a hassle. "I want to be able to use it with the push of a button and leave the rest to Amazon!" is what many customers want.
In the past, Amazon responded to customer requests to make another service more convenient, so if they can meet customer expectations with Bedrock again, they are hopeful that they may be able to set a new standard in the field of AI.
On the other hand, another expert pointed out, "No, no, after all, it is necessary to organize Bedrock itself more clearly and clarify its relationship with other Amazon AI-related services (for example, Strands Agents, Amazon Q, SageMaker, etc.)." If they don't do this, there is a concern that customers will be confused about which one to use and how, and may move to other companies' services.
In fact, some consulting companies have started to develop their own tools to make Bedrock easier to use and provide them to their clients. Amazon may not be able to rest easy either!
A word from John
Wow, the world of AI is changing really fast! I'm really looking forward to seeing how Amazon Bedrock will evolve in the future. I'd be happy if they could respond to user feedback and make the service even easier to use. In particular, I think that if even people without specialized knowledge could easily enjoy the benefits of AI, our lives would become even richer.
This article is based on the following original articles and is summarized from the author's perspective:
Amazon Bedrock faces revamp pressure amid rising enterprise
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