Amazon kills Nova models to chase frontier AGI
amazon reportedly halted development of nova premier, omni, reel, and canvas models to focus resources on pieter abbeel's new frontier research team, signaling a strategic pivot from broad consumer tools to high-stakes agi research.
amazon is reportedly scaling back its in-house nova ai portfolio, halting development on the flagship nova premier and omni models alongside the reel video and canvas image generators. the models remain available for existing customers but will no longer receive updates, as the company redirects resources to a new frontier model research group under pieter abbeel, who joined via the covariant acquisition. this strategic pivot follows recent layoffs in the agi division and the closure of the agi lab, focusing efforts on a single new foundation model slated for release at the re:invent conference this fall.