Amazon axes 16,000 jobs amid push to replace office workers with AI

Amazon is to lay off 16,000 workers in one of its biggest rounds of job cuts as the tech giant looks to replace office workers with artificial intelligence (AI). The online retailer told staff on Wednesday that it would be cutting around 4pc of its workforce in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and compete in a “world that’s changing faster than ever”. The redundancies come just three months after Amazon said it was letting go of a further 14,000 employees. The company’s warehouse workers, who account for ...