AWS Step Functions Adds AI Agent Steps via AgentCore

🟢 Low | Source: AWS What’s New AWS Step Functions now integrates with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (currently in preview) to allow AI agent reasoning steps — such as document classification and data extraction — to be embedded directly into automated workflows. This enables multiple agents to run in parallel or sequence within a single workflow, with human approval gates and full audit trails via CloudWatch. For security teams, this introduces AI-driven decision-making into business-critical automation pipelines, expanding the attack surface and governance considerations. ...

3 June 2026 Â· ZX Cloud Security