Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

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  Amazon lays off 16,000 workers.

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  They sent out some kind of diary invites called Project Dawn.

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  Then the kind of the invitation was retracted and then obviously the announcement came showing that 16,000 people are now at risk.

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  This is Andrew Peach on the way,

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  more on Amazon's plans to streamline by replacing office workers with AI in the US and elsewhere.

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  Also today,

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  why the German authorities have searched Deutsche Bank buildings in Berlin and Frankfurt and how the British singer Harry Styles is planning a record-breaking tour.

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  First, in a sign of the potential impact of AI on jobs,

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  Amazon has announced a cut of 16,000 more jobs today.

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  That's as well as the 14,000 announced last year.

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  Now, Amazon employs 1.6 million people around the world.

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  So today, 16,000 is 1% of its global workforce.

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  But at the same time, these cuts aren't affecting warehouse workers, but white collar staff.

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