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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
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Amazon Cut 30,000 Jobs But Now It Wants Laid-Off AI Workers Back as It Battles Google and OpenAI for Talent

Amazon cut 30,000 jobs, then came calling for laid-off AI workers as talent shortages left the company trying to buy back skills it dumped (Credit: Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons)

Amazon has begun asking some of the 30,000 staff it cut in mass layoffs to return for new artificial intelligence roles, as it scrambles to compete with Google and OpenAI in a global hiring battle.

The tech giant has contacted former employees laid off earlier this year, inviting them to apply for jobs in AI, machine learning and cloud computing.

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