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AWS Weekly Roundup: Free AI School, Serverless Plugins, and Faster Databases (March 30, 2026)

So, AWS is giving away free AI education. And also some faster databases. Because apparently, we all need more cloud in our lives, whether we asked for it or not.

Dev Digest Apr 13, 2026 4 min read

A collage of AWS service icons with a spotlight on AI and Serverless symbols.

⚡ Key Takeaways

AWS is launching a free AI & ML Scholars program for up to 100,000 learners, with a Nanodegree for top performers. 𝕏
New Agent Plugin for AWS Serverless aims to streamline development using AI coding assistants. 𝕏
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL serverless databases can now be created in seconds, with free tier availability. 𝕏
Lambda Managed Instances received a significant boost in memory (32GB) and vCPUs (16), along with increased file descriptor limits. 𝕏