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Amazon expects to cut corporate jobs as it relies more on AI | Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the retail and tech giant "will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today."


Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the retail and tech giant "will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today."

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that the company expects artificial intelligence "will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains" over time. Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., in New York on Feb. 26.Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence has also been shown to be effective at coding for software programs. The CEO of U.K. telecom giant BT said this week that plans to cut 40,000 jobs from the company's workforce over the next 10 years "did not reflect the full potential of AI."

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