Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the US, has warned employees could lose their jobs as the company embraces artificial intelligence. Over the next few years, the.
Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the US, has warned employees could lose their jobs as the company embraces artificial intelligence. Over the next few years, the company expects to “reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company”, President and CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a Tuesday memo to employees, which was shared publicly, per the . He said corporate workers, including software developers, would be affected, as well as workers in warehouses, where the technology will “improve inventory placement, demand forecasting, and the efficiency of our robots.
