AWS adds GPT-5.6 models to Bedrock APIs

AWS adds GPT-5.6 models to Bedrock APIs

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Published Monday, August 24, 2026 · 1:07 PM EDT

AWS says Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna through its Responses, Converse and Chat Completions APIs. The company also added cross-Region inference: its new US Geo option routes requests within a predefined geography, while Global cross-Region inference can serve requests from any commercial AWS Region at a lower per-token cost. AWS presented the changes in its weekly roundup.

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