Amazon Is Gutting Its AI Division After Sustained Failure
Summary
Futurism reports that Amazon is gutting its in-house AI labs, scaling back its Nova models, and redirecting resources toward a singular frontier-model effort led by Pieter Abbeel after years of what is described as AI underperformance. The shift includes closing a key AI office in San Francisco and placing most Nova models in a 'keep the lights on' state, with Bloomberg cited for context. The article frames this as a broader reallocation of talent and compute toward robotics-related AI initiatives and strategic bets on future AI capabilities.