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Amazon Bedrock added support for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models and introduced Cross-Region Inference in AWS GovCloud (US), improving throughput and redundancy while maintaining data sovereignty.
Kiro's web search functionality enables agents in AWS GovCloud (US) to access up-to-date internet content automatically, enhancing response relevance with cited sources.
Amazon Connect Customer now automatically saves email drafts to prevent data loss from connectivity issues or browser disruptions and allows access to draft data for integrations.
Daybreak Red, an AI model tailored for authorized cybersecurity research and mitigation, is offered on Amazon Bedrock within AWS GovCloud (US-East) to support vulnerability assessment and defense development.
CloudFront enhances origin request headers with viewer ISP information and detailed TLS connection data, including post-quantum cryptography usage indicators.
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) introduced TLS 1.3 support for Provisioned clusters, offering faster encryption and enhanced compliance controls.
Amazon RDS for Oracle now permits disabling automatic minor version upgrades on DB instances using JVM, Spatial, Locator, or OLAP options, allowing user-defined upgrade timing.
AWS WAF now automatically injects its JavaScript SDK into Amazon CloudFront-served HTML pages, easing integration of client-side signals for managed security rules.
New versioning and aliasing for flows and flow modules in Amazon Connect Customer facilitate safer testing and smoother deployment of customer experience workflows.
Quick Essentials provides enterprises an easier path to access Amazon Quick's AI chat, research, flow automation, and app building features with seamless Quick Sight integration.
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