Plumb, who led his team’s “AI enablement” efforts, said he was among the most prolific users of Amazon’s new AI coding tool and had even been flagged internally as one of its top adopters. “AI has to drive a return on investment,” said Plumb, who spent eight years at Amazon. Dow's regulatory disclosures tied its 4,500 layoffs to a new plan "utilising AI and automation" to increase productivity and improve shareholder returns. Amazon's 16,000 corporate job cuts were part of a broader reduction of employees at the e-commerce giant. That's on top of a round of 14,000 job cuts in October, bringing the total to well over 30,000 since Jassy first signalled a push for AI-driven organisational changes.

Source: The Telegraph February 02, 2026 09:45 UTC