Led by a former OpenAI executive, Amazon’s AI lab focuses on the decisionmaking capabilities of next-generation software agents—and borrows insights from physical robots.

The new model, available as a developer preview, marks Amazon’s latest move into agentic AI—capable of completing tasks like shopping, searching, and more with minimal user input.

Amazon on Monday released a new AI model that can take actions in a web browser on a user’s behalf, a move that puts it in more direct competition with OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies that have developed the so-called “agents.