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Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale
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Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale

Amazon DynamoDB now offers general availability of native vector search capabilities, enabling organizations to store vector embeddings alongside operational data and perform similarity searches with single-digit millisecond latency at any scale. This eliminates the need for separate vector databases and synchronization pipelines, reducing operational overhead and costs while maintaining DynamoDB'

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Utopia Tech·Aug 5, 2026
AWS Weekly Roundup: Price reduction of GPT models in Bedrock, CloudWatch managed collectors for Prometheus metrics, and more (August 3, 2026)AI
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AWS Weekly Roundup: Price reduction of GPT models in Bedrock, CloudWatch managed collectors for Prometheus metrics, and more (August 3, 2026)

AWS announced significant updates across AI, observability, and multicloud networking, headlined by up to 80% price reductions for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models in Amazon Bedrock. Key launches include managed Prometheus collectors in CloudWatch, general availability of AWS Interconnect for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure connectivity, and enhanced multi-region support for IAM Identity Center.

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Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now availableAI
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Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now available

Anthropic has launched Claude Fable 5 on Amazon Bedrock and AWS, offering Mythos-level AI capabilities with built-in safeguards for broader enterprise use. The model features long-running task execution, advanced vision capabilities for document processing, and proactive self-verification, while automatically routing high-risk prompts to the less capable Opus 4.8 model. Enterprise customers can ac

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AWS Weekly Roundup: BYOM for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, and more (June 8, 2026)AI
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AWS Weekly Roundup: BYOM for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, and more (June 8, 2026)

AWS announced several significant updates this week, including general availability of the AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, Bring Your Own Media (BYOM) licensing support for Amazon RDS SQL Server, and multi-Region replication for Amazon Cognito. The week also saw OpenAI's GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and Codex become generally available on Amazon Bedrock, alongside numerous enhancements to EKS, ECS, and other A

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AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026)AI
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AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026)

AWS has launched a new Local Zone in Istanbul, Turkey, enabling single-digit millisecond latency and data residency compliance for enterprises in one of Europe's largest metros. The week also featured significant updates including Security Hub Extended with 21 partner integrations, SageMaker AI's OpenAI-compatible APIs, and the open-source release of ExtendDB for DynamoDB-compatible local developm

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