Amazon axes 16,000 more jobs as companies keep replacing workers with AI

Amazon’s latest round of layoffs is set to hit 16,000 corporate employees starting Wednesday — with the tech titan suggesting artificial intelligence will do their work, instead.The firings come after Amazon said in October it was laying off 14,000 corporate workers, with the goal of trimming its 1.58 million-strong workforce by nearly 10%.The e-commerce giant has explicitly linked the layoffs to increased use of AI, particularly in corporate and technology functions.“Some may ask why we’re reducing roles w ...