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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

OpenAI GPT Models Now Available on Amazon Bedrock in Canada

Canadian developers can now tap into OpenAI's latest GPT-5.6, GPT-6, and GPT-6.1 models directly through Amazon Bedrock in the Canada (Central) and Canada West regions using cross-Region inference. The article walks you through setting up permissions and invoking these models via Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs—perfect for building ML workloads without leaving your region.

source: [aws/machine-learning-blog]