<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Amazon is warning its employees that artificial intelligence will lead the company to have a smaller workforce in the future.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a blog post sent to employees on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy said efficiency gains from AI would enable a reduction in the human workforce.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done. We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs," he wrote.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/optus-fined-100-million-for-allegedly-pressuring-customers-into-buying-services-they-didnt-want-or-need/360fa3a2-e07f-4a39-84f3-dc2f032c4317"><strong><span>Optus fined $100 million, subject to court approval, over sales tactics to vulnerable customers</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company," Jassy said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But AI would not just effect change at Amazon, he added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AI "will change how we all work and live," including "billions" of AI agents "across every company and in every imaginable field".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/amazon-says-it-will-reduce-its-workforce-as-ai-replaces-human-employees/f5e41141-c70a-4c91-99bf-c6cd9c9245a1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, much of this remains speculative.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Many of these agents have yet to be built, but make no mistake, they're coming, and coming fast," Jassy said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He urged employees to view AI as "teammates we can call on at various stages of our work, and that will get wiser and more helpful with more experience."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jassy's message comes after increased warnings from the tech industry about AI's effect on white collar jobs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/indonesia-volcano-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-erupts-alert-raised-to-highest-level/ebb09a9b-65b5-4c0d-8d94-4b6a5a392732" rel="" target="" title="Bali flights cancelled after major volcano erupts"><strong><span>Bali flights cancelled after major volcano erupts</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 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class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/05/30/12/35/most-trusted-distrusted-brands-australia-bunnings-woolworths-coles-aldi-optus-telstra-qantas-ranked-roy-morgan">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In May, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei warned on CNN that the technology would trigger a spike in unemployment, and that it would happen sooner than unprepared political leaders and businesses expected.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AI, including tools Anthropic itself is building, could eliminate half of entry-level, white-collar jobs and boost unemployment to as much as 20 per cent in the next one to five years, he told Axios.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Critics say these warnings aren't based off much research or evidence and are coming from the people who are poised to profit the most from AI adoption.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Daniel Zhao, lead economist and senior manager on Glassdoor's economic research team, fully expects that AI will have a significant impact on the economy and how people work.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But how much of an effect it was having on hiring and jobs currently was hard to tease out, he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The economy and the job market have slowed, and it makes it difficult to disentangle how much of that is being driven by AI," he said, adding that the recent slowdown in hiring activity was likely driven by economic uncertainty.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a 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