Amazon cuts some jobs in cloud computing unit
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Amazon confirmed layoffs in its cloud computing unit, AWS, and employees are trying to determine which teams were affected.
Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy's predictions that automation would cost jobs at the company have proven accurate at Amazon Web Services. Amazon confirmed to The Register today that jobs will go at several teams at AWS, though the company declined to provide specifics on numbers, or which teams were involved. We understand around 100 jobs are at stake.
I think that A.I. and generative A.I. specifically is the most transformative technology of our lifetime, which is saying a lot, given that we have had the Internet,” he told CNBC.
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has returned to the Amazon doorbell business and is reinstating its crime-fighting mission while emphasizing AI efficiency
Amazon’s decarbonization goals are being undermined by its push to be a leader in generative AI. Its most recent sustainability report concedes its overall carbon emissions grew for the first time since 2022.
Amazon Web Services on Monday released Kiro, a program that allows developers to write code with help from artificial intelligence.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has warned again that the advent of AI will inevitably reduce headcount in certain roles, even as it creates new opportunities, reaffirming a message he sent to the company’s 1.5
One startling result from the study is this: 50 to 55% of "early-career workloads are now AI-augmented." In other words, it's not that AI will impact the workforce. It's that it is already having an outsized impact right now. But what does this mean, at least for entry-level tech jobs? That's next.