AWS re:Invent 2025 - RAG is Dead: Long Live Intelligent Retrieval-Augmented Generation (AIM214)

Description

The early days of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) are over. Naive RAG approaches (simple vector lookups fed to a LLM) are not enough to deliver accurate, scalable, and context-rich AI experiences. In this session you’ll learn how leading teams are pushing beyond basic document search to build agentic RAG pipelines that incorporate multi-step reasoning, dynamic namespace selection, metadata-aware retrieval, evaluation and more. We’ll dive into patterns like hybrid search, context re-ranking, document/query expansion and feedback loops for continuous quality improvement. This presentation is brought to you by Pinecone, an AWS Partner. Learn more: More AWS events: https://go.aws/3kss9CP Subscribe: More AWS videos: http://bit.ly/2O3zS75 More AWS events videos: http://bit.ly/316g9t4 ABOUT AWS: Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosts events, both online and in-person, bringing the cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn from AWS experts. AWS is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster. #AWSreInvent #AWSreInvent2025 #AWS