Bedrock AgentCore adds 3-API-call agent setup, VPC egress, and a managed harness

AWS shipped a managed agent harness in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that lets developers stand up an autonomous agent in just three API calls, plus VPC egress support, an AgentCore CLI, and Claude Cowork inside Bedrock. SageMaker added unified-studio VPC support and automatic Slurm topology, S3 added five new checksum algorithms, and Connect added AI agent performance metrics. Accenture also committed to deploying Microsoft Copilot to all 743,000 employees.