Amazon Gutting Nova AI Models, Pivoting Hard to Robotics
max_paperclips · x · 2026-08-11
Amazon is scaling back its Nov division after its AI models couldn't compete with ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. The company also closed its 80-person AGI office in San Francisco.
The pivot is towards robotics. Compute is being redirected to a frontier robotics effort led by Berkeley's Pieter Abbeel, whose startup was acquired by Amazon in 2024. Robots are a better fit for Amazon's massive warehouse operations than another unused chatbot.
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