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AWS amazonq medium security documentation change

Service: amazonq · 2025-05-22 · Security-related medium

File: amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/what-is.md

Summary

Added hallucination mitigation details, anonymous application support, data accessors for secure sharing, and QuickSight integration documentation

Security assessment

Added 'hallucination mitigation' feature that checks for inconsistencies and corrects responses in real-time, which directly addresses potential misinformation risks. Introduced 'data accessors' for secure data sharing with verified ISVs, indicating enhanced access control mechanisms.

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@@ -42 +42 @@ Some of the benefits of Amazon Q Business include:
-Amazon Q Business generates comprehensive responses to natural language queries from users by analyzing information across all enterprise content that it has access to. It can avoid incorrect statements by confining its generated responses to existing enterprise data, and provides citations to the sources that it used to generate its response. When a query results in conflicting or inconsistent answers, Amazon Q Business lists the details for each answer.
+Amazon Q Business generates comprehensive responses to natural language queries from users by analyzing information across all enterprise content that it has access to. It can avoid incorrect statements by confining its generated responses to existing enterprise data, and provides citations to the sources that it used to generate its response. When a query results in conflicting or inconsistent answers, Amazon Q Business lists the details for each answer. With [hallucination mitigation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails-global-controls.html#guardrails-global-response), Amazon Q Business checks supported chat responses for inconsistencies and automatically corrects them in real-time during conversations.
@@ -52 +52 @@ Amazon Q Business takes care of the complex task of developing and managing mach
-Amazon Q Business provides you with the flexibility of choosing what sources should be used to respond to user queries. You can control whether the responses should only use your enterprise data, or use both enterprise data and model knowledge.
+Amazon Q Business provides you with the flexibility of choosing what sources should be used to respond to user queries. You can control whether the responses should only use your enterprise data, or use both enterprise data and model knowledge. For public-facing scenarios, you can create [anonymous applications](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/create-anonymous-application.html) that don't require user authentication, allowing you to serve a broader audience. You can [customize your chat interface](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/customize-web-experience.html) with your organization's branding, visual themes, and conversation starters to create a tailored user interface.
@@ -62 +62 @@ Amazon Q Business supports access control for your data so that the right users
-Amazon Q Business offers out-of-the-box connections to [ multiple supported data](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/supported-connectors.html) sources. Additionally, you can connect Amazon Q to any third-party application using [plugins](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/plugins.html) to perform actions and query application data.
+Amazon Q Business offers out-of-the-box connections to [ multiple supported data sources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/supported-connectors.html). You can also connect Amazon Q to any third-party application using [plugins](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/plugins.html) to perform actions and query application data. With [data accessors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/data-accessors.html), you can securely share your enterprise data with verified ISVs, allowing them to retrieve relevant content from your Amazon Q index. Amazon Q Business [integrations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/integrations.html) bring AI-powered assistance directly into daily workflows through browser extensions and applications for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Office. You can also [embed Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/embed-amazon-q-business.html) directly into your applications and websites to enhance user productivity.
@@ -109,0 +110,5 @@ Amazon S3 is an object storage service. If you're an Amazon S3 user, you can use
+**[QuickSight](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/what-is-quicksight.html) **
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+QuickSight is a business intelligence service that helps you create and share interactive dashboards and reports. You can [integrate Amazon Q Business with QuickSight](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/create-application-quicksight.html) to enable users to ask natural language questions about their data and receive AI-generated insights directly within their dashboards.
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