Amazon has launched a new AI model, Nova Act, which is designed to perform tasks — like online shopping — in your browser. For now it’s only available to developers in a “research preview,” but Amazon is also expanding access to its other Nova AI models through a web portal, making them easier to find and use.

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.

Positioned as a direct competitor to tools like OpenAI's Operator agent, Nova Act is capable of executing scheduled actions, processing complex instructions, and performing contextual tasks