Main points
- Amazon has confirmed 16,000 job cuts as part of efforts to strengthen the company and advance artificial intelligence.
- This is the second major round of layoffs after 14,000 job cuts in October, attributed to the automation of tasks using artificial intelligence.
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American technology giant Amazon has confirmed it will cut 16,000 jobs as it pushes ahead with artificial intelligence, although employees received an email about the layoffs the day before, without warning, which was sent in error.
What is known about the massive layoffs at Amazon?
The email concerns the layoffs of a number of employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica as part of efforts to “strengthen the company”, the BBC writes.
The message was apparently spread in error, as it was quickly retracted. However, Amazon confirmed that the 16,000 layoffs were part of a plan to “eliminate bureaucracy” at the company.
Amazon currently employs about 1.5 million people worldwide, with about 350,000 of them in corporate roles. The company did not say where the latest job losses would occur or which countries would be affected.
By the way, the latest cuts mark the second major round of layoffs, writes Reuters.
This comes three months after Amazon cut 14,000 jobs in October, saying at the time that artificial intelligence and concerns about changing corporate culture were to blame.
The growing use of artificial intelligence tools will mean greater automation of duties, leading to job losses in corporations.
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