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OpenAI GPT-5.6 models now available on Amazon Bedrock in Australia

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Australian teams can now access OpenAI's GPT-5.6 models, including Sol, Terra, and Luna, through Amazon Bedrock. This integration enables global cross-Region inference from Australia's Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) AWS Regions. The service routes requests to a broader capacity pool, offering enhanced reasoning, coding, and agentic capabilities, alongside balanced performance and fast, affordable inference options. These models support up to 1 million tokens and can be invoked via various APIs, with options for prompt caching and monitoring. AI

IMPACT Expands access to advanced OpenAI models for Australian businesses via a major cloud provider.

RANK_REASON This is a product integration announcement, not a direct release from a frontier AI lab.

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OpenAI GPT-5.6 models now available on Amazon Bedrock in Australia

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. AWS Machine Learning Blog TIER_1 English(EN) · Frank Huang ·

    Accessing OpenAI models on Amazon Bedrock from Australia with global cross-Region inference

    Australian teams can now access OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models on Amazon Bedrock with global cross-Region inference from the Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Regions. This post shows how to invoke the models, use prompt caching, set up Codex with Ope…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Accessing OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock from Australia with global cross-Region inference Australian teams can now access OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra,

    🤖 Accessing OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock from Australia with global cross-Region inference Australian teams can now access OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models on Amazon Bedrock with global cross-Region inference from the Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Asia Pacific (M…

    LINKS aws.amazon.com/…/accessing-openai-gpt-5-6…

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