This week: Graviton 4 bare-metal instances arrive with M8gn delivering 600 Gbps networking, Amazon Q Developer now generates visual charts and tables directly in the console, and WAF adds an AI activity dashboard tracking over 650 bots and agents. Plus Aurora DSQL gets a browser playground, Bedrock handles tool execution server-side, and EKS Node Monitoring Agent goes open source.
AI & Machine Learning
- Bedrock: Automated Reasoning links rules to source docs; 99% hallucination detection
- Bedrock: Server-side tool execution via AgentCore Gateway, no client orchestration
- Bedrock: Batch inference supports Converse API for model-agnostic prompts
- Bedrock Mantle: OpenAI-compatible Projects API for isolated team environments
- Elemental Inference: AI-powered landscape-to-vertical video conversion in real-time
- WAF: AI activity dashboard, 650+ bot/agent detection catalog
Compute & Instances
- EC2 M8gn/M8gb metal: 30% better compute vs Graviton3, up to 600Gbps network
- EC2 I8g metal: 60% better compute, 65% better storage perf, 50% lower latency
- EC2 M8i/M8i-flex: 15% better price-perf, 30% faster PostgreSQL, 60% faster NGINX
Database
- Aurora DSQL: Browser playground, Tortoise/Flyway/Prisma integrations, SQLTools/DBeaver drivers
- Redshift Serverless: 3-year reservations, up to 45% cost savings
- RDS PostgreSQL: Minor versions 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, 14.22
- CloudWatch Database Insights: Lock contention visualization for PostgreSQL
Storage & Data
- S3: Access logs now include source region
- MediaConvert: Free Probe API for metadata analysis without processing
- Compute Optimizer: Auto-tags EBS snapshots from deleted volumes
Developer Tools
- Q Developer: Visual artifacts (tables, charts) in console
- Kiro: IAM Policy Autopilot power, AWS Observability power (4 MCP servers)
- Location Service: AI agent context for Kiro/Claude Code/Cursor
- EKS Node Monitoring Agent: Now open source on GitHub
Operations & Security
- Trusted Advisor: Enhanced NAT Gateway detection via Compute Optimizer
- Security Hub Extended: GA, pay-as-you-go partner security solutions
- Cognito: Client secret rotation, custom secrets, zero-downtime transitions
- Network Firewall: Real-time EventBridge notifications
- VPC pen testing: Cross-account testing via RAM
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