Introducing Web Search on Amazon Bedrock for foundation model grounding

This article announces the general availability of Web Search on Amazon Bedrock, a server-side built-in tool that grounds foundation model responses in current web knowledge.

• Multi-source grounding combines Amazon's web index with a knowledge graph for accurate factual answers
• Context-efficient retrieval extracts semantic snippets optimized for model context windows
• Single-parameter enablement through OpenAI-compatible API with no vendor onboarding required
• Zero data egress by default ensures data stays within AWS environment for compliance
• Integrated with AWS CloudTrail for full audit trails of search tool usage
• Available in US regions (us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2) with simple three-step setup

Web Search on Bedrock eliminates the complexity of integrating third-party search providers, enabling developers to add web grounding to AI applications with minimal effort.