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AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Fable 5.1 on Bedrock, Amazon Linux 2027 Preview, EC2 R9g, and More

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AWS announces the availability of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 on Amazon Bedrock, along with the public preview of Amazon Linux 2027, and new EC2 R9g and R9gd memory-optimized instances. Claude Fable 5.1 brings advanced AI capabilities for complex enterprise tasks with enhanced data governance, while AL2027 targets cloud-native workloads with improved performance and security. The Graviton5-powered EC2 instances offer superior price-performance for memory-intensive applications. Other updates include the expansion of Lambda SnapStart to container image functions, the general availability of AWS Agent Registry for managing internal AI agents, and Amazon Redshift's new support for Apache Iceberg v3 tables with advanced features.

  • →Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 now available on AWS
  • →Amazon Linux 2027 (AL2027) enters public preview
  • →New Amazon EC2 R9g/R9gd memory-optimized instances with Graviton5
  • →AWS Agent Registry reaches general availability
  • →Amazon Redshift adds support for Apache Iceberg v3 tables
Features (5) ›
  • Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 now available on AWS

    Claude Fable 5.1, a frontier intelligence model for ambitious coding, scientific research, and enterprise tasks, is now accessible via Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS. It includes new data retention and safety review policies, along with Enterprise Frontier Safeguards for data control.

  • Amazon Linux 2027 (AL2027) enters public preview

    The next version of the Amazon Linux operating system, AL2027, is now available in public preview. Built on kernel 7.1+, it is designed for cloud-native workloads on AWS, focusing on performance, scale, and security.

  • New Amazon EC2 R9g/R9gd memory-optimized instances with Graviton5

    AWS introduces EC2 R9g and R9gd instances, powered by Graviton5 processors, offering up to 25% better compute and significant performance gains for databases, web applications, and machine learning over Graviton4-based instances.

  • AWS Agent Registry reaches general availability

    The AWS Agent Registry, providing a private, governed catalog for agents, tools, and custom resources, is now generally available. It adds new enterprise features to its existing capabilities like record creation, approval workflows, and audit trails.

  • Amazon Redshift adds support for Apache Iceberg v3 tables

    Amazon Redshift now supports reading from and writing to Apache Iceberg v3 tables in data lakes. This includes new features like default column values, row lineage, and deletion vectors, supported on Graviton-based provisioned and serverless clusters.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • AWS Lambda SnapStart expands support to container image functions

    Lambda SnapStart, an opt-in capability for faster application startup, now supports container image functions. This extension allows reducing startup times from seconds to sub-second for latency-sensitive workloads like ML inference and interactive APIs.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-claude-fable-5-1-on-aws-amazon-linux-2027-preview-aws-certified-ai-business-strategist-and-more-september-7-2026/

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