OpenAI Models, Codex Now Available on Amazon Bedrock

OpenAI's latest artificial intelligence (AI) models, including its Codex coding agent, are now available on Amazon Bedrock. This expansion follows OpenAI's renegotiation of its contract with long-time backer Microsoft, which previously gave the Windows maker exclusive rights to sell OpenAI's AI models on its Azure cloud platform.

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OpenAI is also rolling out a service for developers to build and deploy advanced AI agents using its frontier models on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This move offers customers access to OpenAI models without leaving the AWS environment, a long-standing request from users.

Matt Garman, chief executive officer of AWS, noted that customers' production applications and data run in AWS. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, appearing via a pre-recorded video, stated, "The opportunity ahead of us is enormous, and the most exciting part is that this is not something in the future, it's starting right now."

Amazon and OpenAI have deepened their ties over several months. Amazon invested $50 billion in OpenAI, while the AI startup committed to spend $100 billion on AWS over the next eight years.

The companies have also reached an agreement for OpenAI to utilise two gigawatts of computing capacity. This power will be supplied by Amazon's in-house Trainium AI chips, further solidifying their collaboration.

OpenAI is actively working to secure more computing capacity to bolster its enterprise business. This strategy aims to enhance its competitiveness against rival Anthropic, whose Claude models have gained significant popularity.

Making Codex available on AWS is expected to drive enterprise adoption and expand the coding agent's reach; it currently serves more than 4 million weekly active users. For Amazon, hosting and distributing OpenAI's products allows it to broaden its offerings beyond reliance on Anthropic.

This development also helps Amazon reassure investors that its substantial AI investments are beginning to yield returns. Earlier this month, Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy disclosed that AI services at AWS generated an annualised revenue of more than $15 billion in the first quarter.

AWS revenue growth has climbed back past the 20% mark in the past two quarters, boosting investor confidence. Following the announcement, Amazon shares saw little change, trading down less than 1%.

Separately, Amazon announced new autonomous software products, referred to as agents. These products target companies seeking to enhance supply-chain planning or manage large-scale hiring, such as retailers preparing for the holiday selling season.

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• OpenAI's latest AI models, including Codex, are now available on Amazon Bedrock.

• This follows OpenAI's renegotiation of its exclusive contract with Microsoft.

• Amazon invested SGD 67.5 billion in OpenAI, which committed SGD 135 billion to AWS over eight years.

Source: REUTERS