AWS AI Updates: June 12, 2026

1. OpenAI GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 Models Arrive on Amazon Bedrock in US East

Amazon Bedrock now offers OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 models in the US East (N. Virginia) region, with GPT-5.5 positioned as OpenAI’s most capable model for advanced coding, research, analysis, software operation, document workflows, and long-running agentic tasks. Both models provide a 272K-token context window, accept text and image inputs, and support tool calling on both the server and client side, along with response streaming and projects. The models are accessed through the Responses API on Amazon Bedrock. Source

2. Amazon Quick Integrates with Snowflake Cortex AI for Natural-Language Data Queries

Amazon Quick now integrates with Snowflake Cortex AI, letting teams query Snowflake data and documents using natural language and automate multi-step workflows from within the Quick workspace. The integration uses the Model Context Protocol with Snowflake’s managed server and OAuth authentication, supporting structured data queries through Cortex Analyst and unstructured document retrieval through Cortex Search. Users can build Flows that orchestrate Snowflake Cortex Agents for repeatable workflows, ask ad-hoc questions in Quick Chat, and receive answers that combine Snowflake insights with enterprise knowledge stored in Quick Spaces. The integration is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Quick is available. Source