Amazon Spends $200 Billion on AI as Worker Food Stamp Use Triples and Taxpayers Cover the Grocery Bill

Amazon's annual profit climbed to almost $78 billion over the study period as more of its workers relied on federal food aid (Credit: Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Amazon workers relying on food stamps and Medicaid have nearly tripled in number since 2020, a federal watchdog found, even as the company plans to spend $200 billion (£148 billion) on artificial intelligence (AI) this year while taxpayers cover their grocery bills.

The findings come from a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report requested by Senator Bernie Sanders and released on 22 July. It reviewed benefit records across 11 states that hold nearly a fifth of the US population.