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Claude Opus 5 now available on AWS

Offered via Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS with zero data retention, enhancing code generation, long-running agents, and complex analysis accuracy

AWS now offers Claude Opus 5, the most advanced Opus model to date, compatible with zero data retention (ZDR). It improves coding capabilities, enabling long-running agents and higher accuracy in complex analysis. Customers can access Claude Opus 5 through Amazon Bedrock, which enables ZDR by default, and Claude Platform on AWS, where ZDR is available on request. Both integrate with AWS management features and billing.

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