Boss Andy Jassy had warned workers that a number of jobs in the business could be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). Amazon is expected to target divisions globally including human resources, operations, devices and services, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to reports from Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. AWS is the world’s largest cloud computing provider and offers a wide variety of services, including storage, databases, machine learning, and security tools. In the UK, it revealed plans to shut all its Amazon Fresh grocery stores last month, putting up to 250 jobs at risk. In a note to employees, he said: “As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done.

Source: The Times October 28, 2025 14:34 UTC