AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS AI/ML Scholars program, Agent Plugin for AWS Serverless, and more (March 30, 2026)

This article highlights AWS announcements for the week of March 30, 2026, including new educational programs, database improvements, and AI development tools.

• AWS AI & ML Scholars program launches, offering free education to 100,000 learners worldwide
• Top 4,500 performers receive fully funded three-month Udacity Nanodegree
• Aurora PostgreSQL serverless databases now create in seconds with express configuration
• Aurora PostgreSQL added to AWS Free Tier with $100 sign-up credits
• Agent Plugin for AWS Serverless enables AI-assisted development with Kiro and Cursor
• SageMaker Studio now supports Kiro and Cursor IDEs as remote development environments
• AWS Management Console adds visual customization for accounts, regions, and services
• Aurora DSQL Connector for Ruby simplifies application building with token-based authentication
• Lambda increases file descriptor limit to 4,096 and supports up to 32GB memory, 16 vCPUs
• Amazon Polly introduces Bidirectional Streaming API for real-time conversational AI
• AWS Summits begin April 1 in Paris, followed by London, Bengaluru, Singapore, and other cities

This week emphasizes AWS's focus on democratizing AI education, accelerating serverless development, and enhancing database capabilities for developers.