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Did AI really cause job losses at Amazon? It's hard to tell, economist says

Amazon laid off 16,000 people last week because of what CEO Andy Jassy said were "efficiency gains" from artificial intelligence (AI), but economists say it's hard to know whether the technology is the real reason for job losses.

“We just don't know,” said Karan Girotra, a professor of management at Cornell University's business school, when asked if people are really losing their jobs to AI.

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