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February 3, 2026

Some companies tie AI to layoffs, but the reality is more complicated

  • It can be hard for economists, or individual employees, to know if AI is the real reason or the message a company wants to tell Wall Street.
    • By MATT O'BRIEN
    AP Technology Writer

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    Amazon said in an emailed statement that AI was not the reason behind the vast majority of recent workforce reductions.

    The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn't a failure to get on board with the company's artificial intelligence plans.


     
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