AWS launches AI agent tools and vector storage at New York Summit
AWS unveiled new AI agent development tools and a vector-optimized storage solution at its New York Summit, aiming to simplify AI deployment and reduce costs.
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) announced a suite of new tools and services designed to streamline the development and deployment of artificial intelligence agents during its AWS Summit in New York. Swami Sivasubramanian, AWS's vice president of agentic AI, highlighted the offerings in his keynote address.
Key Announcements
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
AWS introduced Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a comprehensive toolkit for building and managing AI agents. The suite includes:
- AgentCore Runtime: Provides secure, serverless sandboxes for AI agents, supporting tasks lasting up to eight hours.
- AgentCore Gateway: Enables agents to interact with external APIs and services, including AWS Lambda.
- AgentCore Observability: Offers monitoring tools to ensure reliable agent performance.
According to Sivasubramanian, AgentCore is designed to deliver "production-ready AI agents at scale." Read more here.
Amazon S3 Vectors
AWS also debuted Amazon S3 Vectors, a cost-effective storage solution optimized for vector data. Key features include:
- 90% cost reduction compared to alternatives.
- Support for up to 10,000 vector indexes per bucket, each holding millions of vectors.
- Sub-second query latency and automatic optimization for evolving datasets.
Channy Yun, AWS principal developer advocate, described S3 Vectors as "the first cloud storage with native vector support at scale." Learn more.
Nova Model Customization
AWS expanded its Amazon Nova model series, allowing customers to customize models during pre- and post-training phases. Techniques like RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) are supported to refine model outputs.
Betty Zheng, AWS senior developer advocate, noted, "Customers can now customize Nova Micro, Nova Lite, and Nova Pro across the model training lifecycle." Details here.
Additional Updates
- AWS Marketplace: Added a dedicated section for AI agents and tools.
- Nova Act SDK: Enhanced with improved cybersecurity features.
- MCP Servers: Two new servers provide API and developer documentation data for AI agents.
- $100M Investment: AWS pledged funding for its Generative AI Innovation Center, which has already assisted thousands of customers.
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AWS continues to push the boundaries of AI and cloud computing, offering developers powerful tools to build and deploy advanced AI solutions.
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