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Amazon says it will reduce its workforce as AI replaces human employees


Amazon, like companies across the United States sent a warning to its employees on Tuesday.

In a blog post Tuesday that was sent out earlierto employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that efficiency gains from AI would allow the company to eventually have a reduced human workforce. In May, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned on CNN that the technology will spike unemployment sooner than unprepared political leaders and businesses expect. AI, including tools Anthropic itself is building, could eliminate half of entry-level, white-collar jobs and boost unemployment to as much as 20% in the next one to five years, he told Axios.

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