Amazon plans to lay off 16,000 employees, impacting teams like AWS and Alexa. An employee used an AI tool to list potentially affected areas.

While Amazon doesn't explicitly state what that means, the New York Times reports that the company intends to shift resources to artificial intelligence and the data centers that AI requires. As mentioned in their report, Amazon spent around $125 billion last year on data centers and related expenditures.

Amazon announced a second major round of layoffs at the company in three months.

Amazon’s latest round of layoffs is set to hit 16,000 corporate employees starting Wednesday — with the tech titan suggesting artificial intelligence will do their work, instead. The firings come after Amazon said in October it was laying off 14,

Amazon has seemingly doubled down on its AI anime dubbing, despite backlash from viewers, by hiring for a Creative Director, Dubbing, for its Prime Video streaming platform. However, as of time of writing, the listing has been removed.

Amazon is axing 16,000 jobs as it ramps up a push to use AI in the workplace. “The reductions we are making today will impact approximately 16,000 roles across Amazon, and we’re again working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted,

Amazon said Wednesday it is eliminating about 16,000 corporate jobs as part of “organizational changes” across the company.

Amazon is about to cut 15,000 more jobs. It does not want to grow its U.S. workforce but plans to double the number of products it sells.

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On Feb. 5, Amazon is scheduled to release its operating results for the fourth quarter of 2025, which will give investors a fresh update on how AI is impacting the company's booming cloud computing and e-commerce businesses.