AWS News Feb 23 - Mar 01

About this episode

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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