Amazon Web Services joined the agentic AI frenzy in a big way this week, revealing at a New York City event Wednesday a host of services and tools dubbed Agentcore that let technologists build and deploy so-called AI agents capable of automating internal tasks while potentially overhauling the way consumers interact with online businesses too.

During the keynote, there was news about updates to EventBridge and the AWS Free Tier, as well as thoughts about how agentic AI is “upending the way software is built.”

Amazon lays off hundreds from AWS as it shifts focus to AI automation, despite strong Q1 performance. The move mirrors broader tech industry workforce reductions

The Seattle-based company said it is hiring in other areas and tried to find internal opportunities for the workers it was cutting. The laid-off employees will receive pay and benefits for 60 days and will be eligible for a severance payment, Amazon said.

Amazon Web Services on Monday released Kiro, a program that allows developers to write code with help from artificial intelligence.

Hinds Community College’s Jackson campus will be offering a paid, four-week Amazon Web Services training program, geared toward those interested in finding a way onto the ground floor of AWS data center career opportunities.

Amazon confirmed layoffs in its cloud computing unit, AWS, and employees are trying to determine which teams were affected.

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