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Amazon scales back its Nova AI models to refocus research
The Decoder Amazon reportedly scales back its Nova AI models and bets on a new Frontier research team
Amazon is scaling back active development of most Nova AI models, including Premier, Omni, Reel, and Canvas, while forming a new Frontier Model Research group.
Why it matters
Existing Nova-based tools keep working, but Amazon is redirecting its AI investment toward a new research effort instead.
Latest brief · Jul 28, 2026