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Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Sonnet 5 models launched to enhance AI coding and reasoning with expanded context windows in AWS GovCloud regions.
aws-bench provides a public, reproducible suite to evaluate AI agents on real-world AWS infrastructure tasks.
Tag-based access control in Neptune enables dynamic, attribute-based permissions for database clusters across AWS environments.
Anomaly detection and result storage in Glue Data Catalog enhances data quality monitoring for AWS Glue workflows.
Distribution Analyzer integration provides detailed frequency and histogram statistics to improve data reliability.
Streaming customization improves player experiences with tailored resolutions and adaptive quality for fluctuating network conditions.
PrivateLink enables secure, private access to EKS cluster OIDC endpoints from within VPCs without internet egress.
Local MCP server enables interactive, natural language security investigations within Claude Desktop AI interface.
New settings optimize ad fill rates and streaming startup times through configurable timeout and parallel request options.
Restore TDE-enabled SQL Server backups directly to Multi-AZ and read replica instances for high availability.
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