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Amazon is reducing approximately 14,000 corporate positions globally, with nearly 700 jobs cut in New York City alone, as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of its workforce. The company states the changes focus on streamlining operations and realigning roles rather than solely cost-cutting. The NYC reductions affect executive and corporate offices, not warehouse or delivery
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mazon.com Inc. has sent a legal notice to Perplexity AI, ordering the startup to stop its AI shopping tool, Comet, from operating on Amazon’s platform. The retail giant claims that the AI-driven bot violates its terms of service and creates a poor shopping experience by attempting automated purchases through unauthorized means. Dispute Over AI Shopping […]
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Digital commerce giant Amazon is set to reduce its corporate workforce by up to 30,000 employees, representing nearly 10 percent of its estimated 350,000-strong corporate staff. This would mark the company’s largest job-cutting exercise since the 27,000 layoffs in late 2022 and early 2023. Reason Behind The Cuts Executives cited over-hiring during the pandemic, rising […]
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Amazon is preparing to reduce its reliance on human workers by automating a large share of its U.S. operations. According to internal planning documents, the company aims to replace around 600,000 jobs by 2033 with robotics and artificial intelligence. A phased target reportedly includes eliminating 160,000 positions by 2027. Company’s Clarification Responding to reports,