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title:

AWS Enables AI Agents to Control Virtual Desktop Workspaces

date: 2026-05-06
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Amazon Web Services has launched a preview service letting autonomous AI agents drive virtual desktops by simulating mouse clicks, keystrokes, and screen vision. While these ephemeral cloudy PCs provide a secure, governed sandbox for automation, research suggests that vision-based agents can be 45 times more expensive than traditional APIs due to massive token consumption.