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AWS has launched the open-source Strands Harness tool for building AI agents using models such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Ollama, with the ability to switch models and deploy the agent in any Linux container environment. The tool provides built-in capabilities for context and memory management, command execution, and access to files and the web.
Ben Maraney of Forter presents a practical experiment in scaling AI-agent development across research and development teams, using a centralized MCP server, multiple platforms for experimentation and execution, and reduced legal and security barriers. The experiment shows that tool accessibility and transparency of tool calls can sometimes matter more than adopting a complex retrieval-augmented generation architecture or advanced evaluation systems from the outset.
AWS presented a set of updates including the availability of GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, and Claude Opus 5.5 through Amazon Bedrock, along with tools for monitoring agents, routing model inference, and building event-driven applications and software agents.
AWS announced the global availability of the Builder Center mobile app, along with the general availability of Connect Talent, Amazon Corretto 27, and Kimi K3 on Bedrock, as well as updates to EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, and the onboarding experience for new users.