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AWS Cuts the Setup Tax on Agent Development With New Agentcore Tools
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is moving to eliminate one of the biggest time sinks in AI agent development. On Tuesday, the company introduced a managed agent harness within Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a prebuilt infrastructure layer that handles orchestration, compute, tool connections, and session state, so developers can test agent logic without building backend plumbing first. […]
AWS Unveils Agent Registry to Bring Order to Enterprise AI Sprawl
Every major enterprise software vendor—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP—is racing to plant a flag in what they’ve variously dubbed the “frontier firm” or the “agentic enterprise.” The pitch is the same regardless of the branding: the future of work runs on digital labor. But as agent deployments multiply, so does the risk. Knowing […]
AWS Unveils ‘AI Factories’ to Build Sovereign-Grade AI Infrastructure for Governments and Giants
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has worked with many large companies to develop large-scale AI infrastructure, from Anthropic to Saudi Arabia-backed HUMAIN. Now, the company wants to make it easier for the public sector to access the same capabilities, without the heavy investment. At this year’s re:Invent conference, the tech firm announced the launch of AI […]
AWS Makes Trainium3 and Trainium3 UltraServers Generally Available, Previews Trainium4 Custom AI Chip
Last year, Amazon Web Services introduced Trainum3, its third-generation chip for training large language models (LLMs). At the time, these were state-of-the-art and twice as fast as their predecessors. However, as AI models become larger and more complex, a better way is needed to reduce latency and training times. Today, the company is introducing Amazon […]
AI Agent Ambition vs. Reality: Enterprises Expect Mass 2027 Deployment, But ‘Sprawl’ and Skills Gaps Keep 97% From Scaling
If 2025 feels like the year AI agents finally arrived, 2027 may make it look tame by comparison, with analysts projecting an outright surge in enterprise-grade bots. But for now, even as companies adopt these digital workers, their ambitions far outpace their execution; 97 percent have yet to figure out how to scale agents across […]
Inside AWS’s Global Accelerator for the Generative AI Era
Last December, I sat inside the theatre at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the home of world-famous magician Shin Lim. Only, I’m not there to see a sleight-of-hand spectacle—I’m there to watch the inaugural “Unicorn Tank,” a startup pitch competition put on by Amazon Web Services (AWS) held during its re:Invent conference. […]
Generative AI Becomes Top IT Priority in 2025—and Is Getting a Seat in the C-Suite: AWS
Generative AI is everywhere, but that doesn’t mean workers are ready for it. While tech providers promise their solutions lead to task automation, better creativity, and faster decisions, a new Amazon Web Services (AWS) study identifies a major obstacle: Companies still lack the skilled talent needed to put these tools to work. Workers without the […]
AWS Releases Amazon Nova Premier, Its ‘Most Capable Model’ for Complex Task
Months after Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy first introduced the world to the Nova foundation model family, the company has released what might be its top-of-the-line variant, Amazon Nova Premier. Billed as Amazon’s “most capable model,” it can process text, images, and video (though not audio yet) and tackle complex, multi-step tasks that demand precise […]
Lessons From My First AWS re:Invent
IN THIS ISSUE: My conference adventures continue as I journey to Amazon’s re:Invent conference to hear about AWS’ approach to AI. Plus, explore the company’s AI partnership with the NFL and how they use the technology to help support players’ philanthropy. And don’t miss the roundup of AI news you may have missed from the […]
Amazon Nova: Everything About This Next-Gen Foundation Model
Among the many announcements Amazon revealed at this year’s re:Invent conference, introducing a new foundation model family was among the most interesting. Named Amazon Nova, it is designed to enhance intelligence and content generation in applications while providing significant advancements in latency, cost-efficiency, customization, information grounding, and agent-like capabilities. “It’s actually quite difficult to build […]