Category: Amazon Machine Learning

OpenAI frontier models GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4, and Codex, the OpenAI coding agent, are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock. Deploy frontier models on Bedrock’s high performance inference engine with built-in security, governance, and pay-per-token pricing.

In my last Week in Review post, I shared what I’d been hearing from customers in the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) workshops I’ve been delivering. Last week I was back at it, this time in Denver for a two-day AI-DLC workshop, where I helped facilitate 17 teams to deliver nearly 20 separate use cases in […]

Just a year ago, we launched AWS Transform for .NET, Mainframe and VMware workloads, the first agentic AI service purpose-built for modernizing enterprise applications at scale. At re:Invent 2025, we introduced AWS Transform custom, which enables organizations to modernize and transform code at scale using AWS-managed and custom transformations. You can upgrade language versions, migrate […]

Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization enables customers to optimize their prompts for their current model or migrate prompts to new models faster than before with built-in evaluation feedback loops. Optimize your prompts and compare results for up to 5 models simultaneously.

My most exciting news of last week: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore previewed the first managed payment capabilities enabling AI agents to autonomously access and pay for APIs, MCP servers, web content, and other agents. Built in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe, it removes the undifferentiated heavy lifting of building customized systems for billing, credential management, and […]

Amazon WorkSpaces now lets AI agents securely operate legacy desktop applications—without APIs or modernization—using IAM authentication, MCP support, and computer vision within existing security frameworks.

Last week, I took some time off in York, England, often described as the most haunted city in the country. I wandered through the ruins of abbeys that have stood for nearly a thousand years, walked along medieval walls, and spent an evening on a ghost tour hearing stories passed down through centuries. There’s something […]

At the “What’s Next with AWS” 2026 event, AWS launched Amazon Quick—an AI assistant for work with a desktop app and expanded integrations—and expanded Amazon Connect into four agentic AI solutions for supply chain, hiring, customer experience, and healthcare. AWS also expended its partnership with OpenAI, bringing models like GPT-5.5, Codex, and Managed Agents to Amazon Bedrock in limited preview.