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AWS Summit New York: Key announcements in AI agents, security, and developer tools

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AWS announced significant updates at its New York Summit, focusing on enhancing AI agents with new knowledge connection and retrieval capabilities via Amazon Bedrock. Key features include improved agent security with AWS Continuum, faster development cycles with tools like Kiro and AWS DevOps Agent, and enhanced data context with Amazon S3 annotations. These advancements aim to empower developers and enterprises to build, secure, and deploy more capable AI-driven applications and autonomous workflows. Notable updates include Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base, Web Search on Bedrock AgentCore, and new Amazon ECS auto-scaling capabilities.

  • →Amazon Bedrock AgentCore gains knowledge base and web search
  • →AWS WAF enables AI bot traffic monetization
  • →AWS Continuum for security and AWS Security Agent enhancements
  • →Kiro native iOS app and AWS DevOps Agent updates
  • →Autonomous tech debt reduction with AWS Transform
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  • Amazon Bedrock AgentCore gains knowledge base and web search

    New capabilities for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore include a managed Knowledge Base for enterprise RAG pipelines and a web search tool to ground AI agents in current information. These features enhance AI agent accuracy and relevance by connecting them to organizational data and the public web.

  • AWS WAF enables AI bot traffic monetization

    AWS WAF introduces a Bot Control capability allowing content providers to charge AI bots and agents for accessing content and APIs. This feature enables pricing, payment collection, and scoped access management at the edge.

  • AWS Continuum for security and AWS Security Agent enhancements

    AWS Continuum, in gated preview, aims to secure code by prioritizing vulnerabilities by business impact and driving fixes. The AWS Security Agent, now part of Continuum, adds threat modeling, code scanning, and IDE integrations.

  • Kiro native iOS app and AWS DevOps Agent updates

    Kiro introduces a native iOS app for interacting with Kiro sessions on mobile devices, available in gated preview. AWS DevOps Agent now includes release management capabilities for assessing code changes and performing autonomous release testing.

  • Autonomous tech debt reduction with AWS Transform

    AWS Transform introduces continuous modernization with preview capabilities for automated code scanning and remediation. This feature helps proactively reduce technical debt by identifying issues and generating automated pull requests for fixes.

  • Amazon S3 annotations for AI agents and faster ECS auto scaling

    Amazon S3 now supports annotations to attach queryable context directly to objects, benefiting AI agents. Amazon ECS service auto scaling has been improved for faster response to load changes using high-resolution metrics.

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https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-the-aws-summit-in-new-york-2026/

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