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.

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on 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 said it will cut approximately 14,000 white-collar jobs, representing about 4% of the total corporate workforce, as it seeks to gain efficiencies — and as it prepares for advances in artificial intelligence that will reduce the need for humans to run the company.

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

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 said it would cut 14,000 corporate staffers this year in a mass layoff aimed at readying the company for wide adoption of AI technology.