Amazon's chief executive has said an internal rebuild that once required 40 or 50 people for a year was completed by five AI-focused staff in 65 days, sharpening the tension around Jeff Bezos's prediction in Paris last month that artificial intelligence will ultimately create a labour shortage rather than erase jobs.
Amazon had already announced that it would cut approximately 16,000 roles across the company in January. The company said the restructuring was intended to reduce layers, increase ownership and remove bureaucracy, while offering most affected US employees 90 days to seek another internal role.
