AWS hypes continuous agentic DevOps, puts Kiro in your pocket

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AWS today introduced new and enhanced agents aimed at DevOps and code security at its New York Summit, including previews of Continuum for identifying and fixing application vulnerabilities, and an iOS mobile app for its Kiro coding tool.

Matt Wood, chief AI and technology officer, said in a press briefing that the company sees AI tools operating continuously in the background, rather than being used on demand. AWS Continuum, now in closed preview, is a set of agents that "continually provide security continuity using artificial intelligence, building on penetration testing and code review," he said.

Sounds expensive? According to Wood, the cost of using AI tools is falling despite the rising price of tokens. "While the cost of a token at the frontier continues to go up, if you normalize for a particular point of intelligence, the cost continues to decrease year by year," he claimed.

AWS Continuum currently includes...

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