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Building agentic workflows with SageMaker AI and Bedrock AgentCore

Learn how to combine OpenAI-compatible endpoints on Amazon SageMaker AI with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore runtime to build a multi-agent workflow where each special…

Custom reward functions for multi-turn reinforcement learning with Amazon Nova Forge

In multi-turn reinforcement learning, your custom reward function decides what the model actually learns. This post shows how to design a composite multi-turn r…

GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 10

From new models and portable plugins to smoother agent workflows, this week’s updates make GitHub Copilot more flexible across editors, the command line, …

Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot

Grok 4.6, xAI’s latest reasoning model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows. In our i…

Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indosat and NVIDIA Open Indonesia’s First University AI Center to Develop Local AI Talent

Indonesia is taking charge of its AI future. This week, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH),…

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Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move…

Rebuilding the United States Navy and America’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS SUBJECT: Re…

Adjusting Imports of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Components into the United States

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1.  Within the past 90 days, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a repo…

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Bolsters National Security and Strengthens U.S. Supply Chains by Imposing Tariffs on Drones and Their Parts and Components

SECURING AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation to address the national security threat posed by imports of drone…

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Rebuilds the U.S. Navy and America’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base

TRANSFORMING U.S. SHIPBUILDING: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum to fix critical long-term issues i…

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How premium leisure travel is rewriting airline economics

Business class isn’t just for corporate travelers anymore. Affluent vacationers are splurging on premium cabins—and becoming one of the biggest drivers of airli…

Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot

Gemini 3.7 Flash, Google’s latest Flash model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. From our early testing, the model has made improvements in web and ap…

Using BigQuery Graphs with measures for trusted agentic workloads

When enterprises transition from using simple chat assistants to autonomous, agentic workloads, they quickly run into a hard truth: Agents are prone to inaccura…

The builder’s guide to GPT‑5.6

Learn how startups use GPT-5.6 to build faster, more cost-efficient AI agents with smarter model selection and new Responses API capabilities.…

Bring your spreadsheet data to life with Sheets canvas

Sheets canvas turns data into interactive dashboards, custom study trackers, seating charts, and more, all with a simple prompt.…

Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14X the speed

Preview Ultrafast, a new OpenAI API service tier that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14× faster. Powered by Cerebras, it delivers up to 750 output tokens per second.…

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I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human

Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a grimy pub somewhere in London. Picture the …

Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor w…

Amazon Quick for Microsoft 365: Agentic AI where you work

Amazon Quick is now available directly inside Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. These extensions bring connected data access and agentic document …

Accelerating M&A due diligence with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Learn how to build a multi-agent M&A due diligence system on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. This post walks through a reference architecture that combines agent …

Automate legacy web applications with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser Tool

Learn how to automate legacy web applications that need human-like interaction using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser Tool and Strands Agents. This walkthrough …

Monitor on-premises and multi-cloud AI agents with AgentCore Observability

Set up Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Observability for AI agents running outside AWS: on-premises, on GCP, on Azure, or on developer machines. This walkthrough uses …

OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer

OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer to lead its global revenue organization and help businesses realize the full value of AI.…

Brilliant Moves: Coffee with Suzano CEO Beto Abreu

As both organizations begin their second century, Suzano’s Beto Abreu and McKinsey’s Tracy Francis discuss what it takes to lead for the next generation.…

Putting innovation—and patients—in focus: A conversation with Astellas Pharma CEO Naoki Okamura

The Tokyo-based biopharmaceutical company is accelerating its pipeline by innovating at the intersection of biology, modality, and disease.…