Amazon is bringing OpenAI's models and Codex to AWS after Microsoft’s shift away from exclusivity, giving cloud customers more ways to use AI tools.

The move comes as many companies are increasingly looking to agents as a way to boost employee productivity and automate rote chores.

Amazon announced what it called a “major expansion” of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday, a day after the artificial intelligence company said it was loosening its ties to longtime backer Microsoft.

Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft report quarterly results after the bell, and OpenAI is likely to be a big topic across the board.

Amazon has expanded its partnership with OpenAI, bringing the AI firm's latest models and agent technology to AWS just after OpenAI ended its exclusivity with Microsoft. Apple, meanwhile, is pursuing a quieter 'invisible AI' strategy focused on deeply ...

Just one day after OpenAI announced that Microsoft would no longer have exclusive access to its models, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that the models will be available to AWS customers within weeks.

Microsoft has been a partner and invested in Open AI since 2019 and used to have control of the company's intellectual property.