AWS upgrades Kiro agentic development platform AWS announced that Kiro, its agentic software development platform built around spec-driven development, is getting three upgrades: Parallel Task Execution, which runs independent coding tasks concurrently; Quick Plan, which generates full requirements/design/tasks in one pass after asking clarifying questions upfront; and Requirements Analysis, which uses neurosymbolic AI to find … continue reading
Secure Code Warrior collaborating with AWS, launches Amazon Bedrock AI Learning Modules Secure Code Warrior announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and has launched new interactive, hands-on training modules now available within the Secure Code Warrior platform. The new modules enable developers and engineers to build Secure by Design … continue reading
The AWS Kiro CLI team today is announcing v2.0, which delivers a headless mode, Windows support and an updated, refreshed user interface. For the uninitiated, Kiro CLI is a command-line tool that allows developers to interact with agents directly in their terminal. Headless mode enables users to run Kiro CLI without a browser, such as … continue reading
Big companies are starting to use many AI agents—sometimes hundreds or thousands. This creates a problem. Think of it like a massive digital zoo where the animals (agents) are running wild. Platform teams face three critical challenges when managing this many agents: Visibility: Knowing what agents exist across the organization. Control: Governing who can publish … continue reading
Amazon is hosting its annual user conference, re:Invent, this week in Las Vegas. The event brings together AWS practitioners, but also offers Amazon and its partners an opportunity to announce updates across the AWS ecosystem. Here are some of the highlights: Custom transformations in AWS Transform AWS Transform, a platform that can be used to … continue reading
AWS has announced that Lambda is getting a new capability that will help improve the throughput of event-driven applications. Provisioned mode for Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) Event Source Mapping (ESM) allows users to configure dedicated polling resources, allowing events to be processed with lower latency, handle sudden traffic spikes, and maintain precise control … continue reading
AWS and OpenAI today announced a new partnership that will have OpenAI’s workloads running on AWS’s infrastructure. AWS will build compute infrastructure for OpenAI that is optimized for AI processing efficiency and performance. Specifically, the company will cluster NVIDIA GPUs (GB200s and GB300s) on Amazon EC2 UltraServers. OpenAI will commit $38 billion to Amazon over … continue reading
AWS has announced updates to its Customer Carbon Footprint Tool (CCFT), its solution that allows customers to track the carbon emissions their AWS usage causes. The CCFT uses the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s classification system that groups emissions into three categories. Scope 1 measures direct emissions, such as those from company facilities or vehicles, while Scope … continue reading
Google adds Data Commons MCP Server, new versions of Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite The Data Commons MCP Server allows AI developers to easily access all of Data Commons’ publicly available datasets. It can be accessed via the Gemini CLI or in Google Colab, and Google has a sample agent in Colab as well to … continue reading
AWS has announced the launch of its open source Nova Act extension, which allows developers to build browser automation agents in their IDE, reducing the need to switch between dev and test environments. With the new extension, developers can use natural language to describe their workflow and then the Nova Act extension will generate an … continue reading
OpenAI launches GPT-5 OpenAI announced the availability of GPT-5, which it says is “smarter across the board” compared to previous models. Specifically for coding, GPT-5 achieved significant improvement in complex front-end generation and debugging larger repositories. Early testers said that it made better design choices in terms of spacing, typography, and white space, according to … continue reading
Amazon has announced that Amazon Aurora DSQL is finally generally available after first being introduced as a preview at re:Invent last year. Aurora DSQL is a serverless distributed SQL database designed for always available applications, featuring capabilities focused on providing scalability, high availability, and zero infrastructure management. Specifically, Amazon claims 99.99% availability in a single … continue reading
