Amazon Launches Nova Act, Its First General-Purpose AI Agent
The AI agent, available as a research preview, is designed to perform tasks in web browsers and positions Amazon as a competitor in the growing AI agent market.
- Nova Act is Amazon's first AI agent capable of automating multi-step tasks in web browsers, such as making reservations or filling out forms.
- The launch includes the Nova Act SDK, allowing developers to build and experiment with web-based AI agents through nova.amazon.com.
- Developed by Amazon's AGI SF Lab, Nova Act outperforms competing AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic on Amazon's internal benchmarks.
- Nova Act is part of Amazon's broader Nova foundation model initiative, which includes text, image, and video generation capabilities.
- Amazon plans to integrate Nova Act into Alexa+, enhancing its functionality for tasks like online shopping and reservations.
WIRED 
GeekWire 
About Amazon 
TechCrunch 
CNBC 
The Independent 
The Verge 
Digital Trends 
Investor's Business Daily 
Fast Company 
NBC News 