Amazon Adjusts AI Strategy: Halts Most Nova In-House Model Research, Resources Shift to Pete Abel Team
Amazon is strategically scaling back its AI R&D, halting active development of most Nova models, including flagship models and video/image generators, shifting to maintenance for existing customers. This follows the disbanding of its AGI division and closure of related labs. Proprietary models struggle to compete, so Amazon pivots to infrastructure strength, building Amazon Athena—a unified platform to integrate third-party cutting-edge models fo....