Amazon CEO Warns White-Collar Staff That AI Could Replace Jobs
Australian Financial Review
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- 17 June 2025
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- 18 June 2025, 04:10 pm
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In a memo explaining all the ways the technology giant is using AI, Andy Jassy told workers how they can stay relevant as bots become capable of doing more.
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In a significant communiqué to Amazon employees, CEO Andy Jassy highlighted the increasing integration of AI in the company's operations and warned that white-collar positions are at risk if employees do not adapt to new AI tools. This message underscores the profound impact AI could have on employment structures, reflecting broader trends where AI capabilities threaten job security. The discourse on AI at Amazon, a global technology leader, accentuates the ongoing debate about AI's role in workforce reduction, challenging existing employment paradigms. While this narrative primarily discusses industry workforce implications, it indirectly touches upon AI safety domains by potentially affecting economic stability and job market dynamics, which can be critical factors in global AI policy and governance discussions.
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TechnologyAIPrint articlePaul SmithTechnology editorUpdatedJun 18, 2025 – 9.30am,first published at9.20amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginAmazon chief executive Andy Jassyhas told the technology giant’s staff that the company will inevitably employ fewer people as artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated and said white-collar workers need to improve their ability to use the new tools in order to keep their jobs.Jassy, who succeededJeff Bezosin 2021 after building the company’s massive cloud computing business, told staff in a memo that Amazon was already using AI in hundreds of ways, predicting that the workforce would be significantly different in the future as those uses increased.Loading...Paul Smithedits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy.Connect withPaulonTwitter.EmailPaulatpsmith@afr.comSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIHiring & firingWorkplaceIndustrial relationsBusiness ITEnterprise ITAmazonAmazon effectAutomationFetching latest articlesMeet the Melburnian at the helm of a cult New York ice-cream brandAnna SaundersThe watches that do more than just tell the timeVapes are knock-off cigarettes. Fashion insiders should know betterThis executive tripled his salary in 5 years. Here is how he did it.Hannah TattersallForget WFH – what it’s really like to ‘work from anywhere’The US governance model taking over Australian boardroomsDishing the dirt on the world’s best beaujolaisMax AllenThe must-book new restaurants to dine at this JulyThis historical home for widows is a new Scandi hotspotBillionaire Geminder mulls asset sales at struggling Pro-Pac businessSimon EvansFederal Court date looms for Iren crypto brosBillionaires Escalante and Arnaout taking liberties with ASIC