Core Insights - Amazon plans to lay off up to 15% of its human resources department employees, with potential impacts on other departments as well [1][3] - The affected HR employees belong to the "Talent Experience Technology Team," which includes a large recruitment team and various HR roles, totaling over 10,000 employees globally [3] - Amazon is actively seeking to reduce labor costs while increasing investments in artificial intelligence products and infrastructure, with plans to invest over $100 billion in expanding its cloud computing and AI data centers this year [3][5] Group 1 - Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy has encouraged employees to embrace the AI-driven era, indicating that the application of AI technologies will lead to a reduction in the total number of employees [5] - Despite the layoffs, Amazon announced a hiring plan for the holiday shopping season, aiming to recruit 250,000 employees in its U.S. warehousing and logistics network, maintaining the same hiring levels as the past two years [7]
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