Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence

Amazon's layoffs add to the thousands of tech jobs lost this year from industry giants like Microsoft and Meta, which have conducted layoffs as they pump more money into AI infrastructure.

Amazon will eliminate 14,000 corporate positions through internal restructuring, joining over 200 tech companies that cut 98,000 jobs this year.

Amazon.com on Tuesday announced job cuts of 14,000, as the megacap tech company said it needs to better prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence.

Amazon.com Inc. plans to eliminate roughly 14,000 corporate jobs just months after Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy warned that AI will shrink the company’s workforce.

Amazon has announced that it will cut an estimated 14,000 jobs from its corporate workforce as it focuses on “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources,” according to the company.

The cuts are the first ​step in layoffs expected to ​affect as many as 30,000 jobs​, or ​about 10% of the online giant’s white-collar workforce.