By Greg Bensinger Jan 28 (Reuters) - Amazon confirmed 16,000 corporate job cuts on Wednesday, completing a plan for around 30,000 since October, while leaving open the possibility of further reductions.

While Amazon doesn't explicitly state what that means, the New York Times reports that the company intends to shift resources to artificial intelligence and the data centers that AI requires. As mentioned in their report, Amazon spent around $125 billion last year on data centers and related expenditures.

Amazon plans to lay off 16,000 employees, impacting teams like AWS and Alexa. An employee used an AI tool to list potentially affected areas.

Former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer says shares of Amazon and Uber can go even higher.

Amazon said it would lay off 16,000 corporate employees in 2026 on top of the 14,000 layoffs in 2025 with AI top of mind for CEO Andy Jassy and Amazon executives.

By Greg Bensinger Jan 28 (Reuters) - Amazon confirmed 16,000 corporate job cuts on Wednesday, completing a plan for around 30,000 since October while leaving open the possibility of further reductions.

Amazon is laying off 16,000 corporate employees worldwide as it restructures and shifts more internal work to generative AI and automation. Executi

Though Amazon removed the content before training its models, child safety officials said the company has not provided information about its source, potentially hindering law enforcement from finding perpetrators and protecting victims.

Amazon has seemingly doubled down on its AI anime dubbing, despite backlash from viewers, by hiring for a Creative Director, Dubbing, for its Prime Video streaming platform. However, as of time of writing, the listing has been removed.

AI startup Perplexity signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft Corp. to use its Azure cloud service, spreading its business beyond longtime cloud partner Amazon.com Inc.