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Amazon's Andy Jassy says AI will take some jobs but make others more 'interesting'

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-17 10:04:00

Bloomberg/Getty Images The adoption of artificial intelligence systems throughout the business sector will lead to "fewer people doing some of the jobs" that become automated, Amazon president and CEO Andy Jassy said in an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer this week. Jassy's understated comments about the future impacts of automation upon the job market were also optimistic: While he concedes that some people will be replaced by AI, the technology will simultaneously "make all of our jobs more

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Amazon CEO Jassy says AI will lead to 'fewer people doing some of the jobs' that get automated

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-08-21 06:01:07

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the rapid rollout of generative artificial intelligence means the company will one day require fewer employees to do some of the work that computers can handle. "Like with every technical transformation, there will be fewer people doing some of the jobs that the technology actually starts to automate," Jassy told CNBC's Jim Cramer in an interview on Monday. "But there's going to be other jobs." Even as AI eliminates the need for some roles, Amazon will continue to hi

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tells workers: AI will replace some of you

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-10 05:15:00

A hot potato: CEOs love to sing the praises of generative AI while tiptoeing around the fact it's going to cost people their jobs. But Amazon boss Andy Jassy has just said the quiet part out loud, admitting that the technology will reduce the company's corporate workforce over the next few years. In a message sent to employees this week, Jassy said generative AI was a "once-in-a-lifetime" technology that completely changes what's possible for customers and businesses. Jassy went on to highligh

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AI will shrink Amazon's workforce in the coming years, CEO Jassy says

news.ycombinator.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-11 06:24:18

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that the company's corporate workforce will shrink in the coming years as it adopts more generative artificial intelligence tools and agents. "We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs," Jassy said

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Amazon Preps Employees for Layoffs by Talking Up the Power of AI Agents

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-11 06:50:53

Amazon appears to be soft-launching its next round of layoffs. In a message to employees shared Tuesday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy talked highly of the company’s embrace of artificial intelligence tools across its company, and said that it will ultimately “reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains” over time. That is only slightly veiled corporate speak for “get ready to be replaced.” Jassy called generative AI a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that will change the way the com

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Amazon CEO says it will cut jobs due to AI’s ‘efficiency’

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-11 06:52:28

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says advancements in AI will “reduce” the company’s corporate headcount over the next few years. In a memo to employees on Tuesday, Jassy writes that Amazon expects the change due to “efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company,” without specifying how many employees would be affected. “As we roll out more Ge

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AI will shrink Amazon's workforce in the coming years, CEO Jassy says

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-11 14:44:20

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that the company's corporate workforce will shrink in the coming years as it adopts more generative artificial intelligence tools and agents. "We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs," Jassy said

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