Amazon unveils new warehouse robots while continuing mass layoffs to fund AI investments
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Summary
Amazon has unveiled its latest warehouse robot alongside other robotics advancements including Vulcan (its first robot with a sense of touch) and STARK (a robotic tote handling system). The announcement coincides with Amazon continuing significant layoffs, having cut 14,000 corporate workers in October and planning to cut 16,000 more in January, as the company redirects investment toward AI. CEO Andy Jassy has indicated AI will reduce Amazon's workforce over time. However, Amazon executive John Boumphrey claims that in practice, robotics have driven up employment rather than reducing it.
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Our experience of robots is that it's actually driven up employment rather than the reverse
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