OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra Lands on Amazon Bedrock With Lower Pricing

Amazon Web Services has announced several updates and feature rollouts across its cloud ecosystem. A key addition is the arrival of OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra model on Amazon Bedrock. This everyday-workload model offers lower token pricing compared to similar options and handles large text and image inputs while performing tasks at high speeds.

Cloud builders can now connect AWS Step Functions workflows directly to artificial intelligence agents. Using the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway and the Model Context Protocol, agents can trigger structured processes like approvals and checks without changing the underlying code. Additional updates include support for post-quantum key encapsulation algorithms in AWS Key Management Service and post-quantum TLS key exchanges for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL databases, aimed at protecting encrypted data from future quantum decryption threats.

Other platform updates involve identity management, container services, and routing. AWS IAM Identity Center now supports cross-Region trusted identity propagation, allowing user identities to travel automatically with requests across different geographic areas. Amazon ECS added GPU sharing with NVIDIA Multi-Process Service to let multiple tasks run on a single graphics processor, and Amazon EKS Auto Mode now includes native support for the Kubernetes Gateway API to manage application traffic without extra controllers.