00:00Amazon says it will reduce its global corporate workforce by about 14,000 people with more cuts
00:06expected next year in a major shakeup driven in part by the adoption of artificial intelligence.
00:12The online retailer began laying off employees across multiple divisions as part of a plan to
00:17cut as many as 30,000 employees. Amazon had about 1.56 million full-time and part-time employees
00:24at the end of last year. Its corporate workforce includes roughly 350,000 employees. The layoffs
00:30offer an early look at the possibly broad effects of AI on workforces. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy flagged
00:37the potential for such losses in June, saying increased use of AI tools and agents would
00:42lead to more corporate job cuts, particularly through automating routine tasks.
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