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AWS expands free 1-year Kiro AI development tool programme for students, includes three South Korean universities

Amazon Web Services said on Wednesday it is expanding Kiro Students, a programme that lets university students use its AI-based development tool Kiro for free for 1 year. AWS said it first introduced the programme in March at 11 universities in two countries and is now extending it to 121 new universities across 16 countries. That brings the total to 132 universities in 18 countries, including Seoul National University, Yonsei University and Kookmin University.

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OpenAI, AWS and GitHub back agent plugin standard

OpenAI, AWS, Cursor, GitHub and Microsoft have voiced support for Agent Plugin 1.0.0, a reusable portable package standard for expanding AI agents. A report said the vendor-neutral open standard, led by agent infrastructure firm Vercel, combines AI agent skills and MCP servers into a single deployable plugin that can be moved across clients or runtimes. Some engineers warned about governance and permissions risks, while others called it progress for enterprise adoption.

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Big Tech steps up coding AI push, arms with China AI performance

Big Tech companies are accelerating an offensive in the coding AI tools market, raising questions about shifts in a field led by Anthropic, OpenAI and Cursor. Meta unveiled its first AI coding agent, Muse Code, in beta. Google is in talks on a deal worth about $1.5 billion involving AI coding startup Mechanize. AWS launched Kiro Crew, an autonomous workspace. Chinese firms also quickened moves to build large-scale AI models.