Amazon sellers now have access to an AI assistant designed to help grow their business by answering questions about their metrics, and later, helping to

Dharmesh Mehta, Amazon VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services. (GeekWire File Photo /) Amazon is launching a new AI-powered selling

The retail giant is also releasing an AI video generator for making product ads and a chatbot assistant for third-party sellers.

The e-commerce giant has launched Project Amelia, a chatbot giving sellers insight into their businesses, along with other gen AI tools.

Codenamed Project Amelia, the new tool will answer a range of questions, from how to prepare for the holiday shopping season to suggesting the wording of product listings, Amazon said Thursday during its annual Accelerate conference for merchants.

The new AI assistant is currently in beta mode for select Amazon partners in the United States. It will allow sellers to ask questions in English and get guidance about how to efficiently manage their business.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) unveiled several generative artificial intelligence tools on Thursday in an effort to aid small businesses and third-party sellers with their accounts. The first tool, known as Amelia,