Web Grounding: Build accurate AI applications with Amazon Nova models

We are excited to announce the general availability of Web Grounding, a new built-in tool for Nova models. Customers can use Web Grounding today with Nova Premier using the Amazon Bedrock tool use API. Support for additional Nova models is coming soon. Web Grounding is a built-in tool that can be used to retrieve and incorporate publicly available information with citations as context for responses. Developers can use the Web Grounding tool to implement a turnkey Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solution using current, real-time information, reducing hallucinations and leading to more accurate outputs. Web Grounding is available today in AWS US East (N. Virginia) Region. Learn more about using the Web Grounding tool on Nova models and steps to get started at our blog post.
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Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances are now available in AWS Europe (London) Region

Amazon EC2 U7i-8tb (u7i-8tb.112xlarge) instances are now available in the AWS Europe (London) region. U7i-8tb instances are part of AWS 7th generation and are powered by custom fourth generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Sapphire Rapids), delivering up to 135% more compute performance over existing U-1 instances. U7i-8tb instances offer 8TiB of DDR5 memory enabling customers to scale transaction processing throughput in a fast-growing data environment. U7i-8tb instances offer 448 vCPUs, support up to 100Gbps Elastic Block Storage (EBS) for faster data loading and backups, deliver up to 100Gbps of network bandwidth, and support ENA Express. U7i instances are ideal for customers using mission-critical in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server. To learn more about U7i instances, visit the High Memory instances page.
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for Amazon Corretto 25 and Tomcat 11

AWS Elastic Beanstalk now enables customers to build and deploy Tomcat 11 applications using Amazon Corretto 25 on Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) platform. This latest platform support allows developers to leverage the newest Java 25 and Jakarta EE 11 features while benefiting from AL2023’s enhanced security and performance capabilities.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that provides the ability to deploy and manage applications in AWS without worrying about the infrastructure that runs those applications. Tomcat 11 with Corretto 25 on AL2023 allows developers to take advantage of the latest Java language features including compact object headers, ahead-of-time (AOT) caching, and structured concurrency. Developers can create Elastic Beanstalk environments running Corretto 25 with Tomcat 11 on AL2023 through the Elastic Beanstalk Console, CLI, or API.
This platform is generally available in commercial regions where Elastic Beanstalk is available including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. For a complete list of regions and service offerings, see AWS Regions.
For more information about Corretto 25 with Tomcat 11 and Linux Platforms, see the Elastic Beanstalk developer guide. To learn more about Elastic Beanstalk, visit the Elastic Beanstalk product page.
 
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