AWS, Microsoft, and Google agree the session is the new unit of compute. They disagree on how to isolate it.
The article from The New Stack reports that major cloud providers AWS, Microsoft, and Google have reached a consensus that the session is becoming the new unit of compute, particularly in the context of AI agents. However, they diverge in their approaches to isolating these sessions. The piece introduces the concept of an 'agent-session-aware runtime' as a potential solution to manage and secure AI agent sessions. This runtime would be aware of the session context and could enforce isolation policies tailored to each session's needs. The disagreement among the providers centers on the best method for isolation—whether through virtual machines, containers, or other sandboxing techniques. The article suggests that this debate is critical as AI agents become more prevalent and require secure, isolated environments to operate without interfering with each other or the underlying system. The source does not provide specific technical details or named products from each provider, but frames the discussion around the broader industry trend.
Developers building multi-agent systems need to understand session isolation approaches to ensure security and performance.