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Amazon CEO says AI will lead to smaller workforce

Amazon CEO says AI will lead to smaller workforce
Chief executive Andy Jassy. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Sebastian Herrera and Chip CutterAmazon.com, one of the largest US employers, plans to reduce its workforce in the coming years because the increasing use of artificial intelligence will eliminate the need for certain jobs.Chief executive Andy Jassy, in a note to employees Tuesday, called generative artificial intelligence (AI) a once-in-a-lifetime technological change that is already altering how Amazon deals with consumers and other businesses and how it conducts its own operations.He didn’t specify how much the size of Amazon’...

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