Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs, citing AI as “the most transformative tech since the internet” and a reason to streamline and operate more efficiently.
SEATTLE — SEATTLE — Seattle-based tech giant Amazon is making its largest round of corporate layoffs in years — cutting roughly 14,000 jobs — and directly linking the decision to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.
Of those eliminations, 2,303 employees in Washington state will be laid off. Those local layoffs include roles at distribution centers, at the Seattle headquarters and some remote workers, according to an employee separations letter sent to the Employment Security Department.
In an internal
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