Amazon wants to avoid 600,000 hires

October 21, 2025

The New York Times reveals internal documents: Amazon expects robots to take more than 600,000 jobs it would otherwise have to fill in the US by 2033, automating 75% of its operations. The company says the documents are incomplete.

Source: MobileSyrup (on the NYT report)

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