Category: Best Practices

In this two-part series, we discuss how you can reduce the DeepSeek model customization complexity by using the pre-built fine-tuning workflows (also called “recipes”) for both DeepSeek-R1 model and its distilled variations, released as part of Amazon SageMaker HyperPod recipes. In this first post, we will build a solution architecture for fine-tuning DeepSeek-R1 distilled models and demonstrate the approach by providing a step-by-step example on customizing the DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7b model using recipes, achieving an average of 25% on all the Rouge scores, with a maximum of 49% on Rouge 2 score with both SageMaker HyperPod and SageMaker training jobs. The second part of the series will focus on fine-tuning the DeepSeek-R1 671b model itself.

This guide demonstrates how to deploy an open source foundation model from Hugging Face on Amazon EC2 instances across three locations: a commercial AWS Region and two AWS Local Zones. Through comparative benchmarking tests, we illustrate how deploying foundation models in Local Zones closer to end users can significantly reduce latency—a critical factor for real-time applications such as conversational AI assistants.

In this post, we provide best practices to maximize the value of SageMaker HyperPod task governance and make the administration and data science experiences seamless. We also discuss common governance scenarios when administering and running generative AI development tasks.

In this post, we explore how Crop.photo uses Amazon Rekognition to provide sophisticated image analysis, enabling automated and precise editing of large volumes of images. This integration streamlines the image editing process for clients, providing speed and accuracy, which is crucial in the fast-paced environments of ecommerce and sports.

This post provides detailed steps for setting up the key components of a multi-account ML platform. This includes configuring the ML Shared Services Account, which manages the central templates, model registry, and deployment pipelines; sharing the ML Admin and SageMaker Projects Portfolios from the central Service Catalog; and setting up the individual ML Development Accounts where data scientists can build and train models.

This blog post provides a comprehensive guide to implementing robust safety protections for DeepSeek-R1 and other open weight models using Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. By following this guide, you’ll learn how to use the advanced capabilities of DeepSeek models while maintaining strong security controls and promoting ethical AI practices.

By leveraging the generative AI capabilities and tooling of Amazon Bedrock, you can create an intelligent nerve center that connects diverse data sources, converts data into actionable insights, and creates a comprehensive plan to mitigate supply chain risks. This post walks through how Amazon Bedrock Flows connects your business systems, monitors medical device shortages, and provides mitigation strategies based on knowledge from Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases or data stored in Amazon S3 directly. You’ll learn how to create a system that stays ahead of supply chain risks.

In this post, we demonstrate how to deploy distilled versions of DeepSeek-R1 models using Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import. We focus on importing the variants currently supported DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B, which offer an optimal balance between performance and resource efficiency.

As generative AI adoption grows, organizations should establish a generative AI operating model. An operating model defines the organizational design, core processes, technologies, roles and responsibilities, governance structures, and financial models that drive a business’s operations. In this post, we evaluate different generative AI operating model architectures that could be adopted.

In this post, we implemented secure fine-tuning jobs in Amazon Bedrock, which is crucial for protecting sensitive data and maintaining the integrity of your AI models. By following the best practices outlined in this post, including proper IAM role configuration, encryption at rest and in transit, and network isolation, you can significantly enhance the security posture of your fine-tuning processes.