Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates
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Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates
The Associated Press
October 28, 2025, 6:27 AM
Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence.
In June CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut costs since becoming CEO in 2021, said that he anticipated generative AI would reduce Amazon's corporate workforce in the next few years.
Jassy said at the time that Amazon had more than 1,000 generative AI services and applications in progress or built, but that figure was a "small fraction" of what it plans to build.
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On Tuesday, the online giant said it was reducing bureaucracy. {snip} Teams and individuals impacted by the job cuts will be notified on Tuesday.
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You can bet that Jeff Bezos and the executive board will all get their nice Christmas bonuses though.
It seems like a lot of merchants don't want to bother with keeping stuff in stock, and it forces people like to buy from Amazon.
I had a heck of a time trying to find pantyhose in my local stores. So I ordered from Amazon. Same thing happened when I needed a few small USB flash sticks, which I used to get at stores like Dollar General, or Target, or Walmart. I can't drive around to a half-dozen different stores, so now I just order from Amazon even though I'd rather buy locally.
