Amazon trims workforce in Cloud Division AWS citing rising AI-driven costs: Report
Amazon.com Inc., according to a report, the technology giant, increasing artificial intelligence re -calibrated the priorities in the face of priorities in the face of the cloud calculation department Amazon Web Services (AWS) began to cut off.
According to a statement by Bloomberg, a company spokesman Brad Glasser on Thursday, dismissal affect several teams in the world’s largest cloud services provider AWS.
Company declaration in layoffs
Glasser, according to the news output, “Our organization, our priorities and the progress we need to focus on a comprehensive way, we have made a difficult job decision to eliminate some roles in certain teams in AWS,” he said. “We did not slightly take these decisions and we are determined to support employees during their transition.”
Put in order while innovating
Business deductions are part of a wider effort to facilitate operations while investing in innovation. According to the news broadcast, Glasser said, “These decisions are required to continue to invest, recruit and optimize resources to provide innovation for our customers.
CEO JASSY warned discounts
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy had previously pointed out in this direction. In June, the company said that it expects a decrease in labor in the coming years, as the company benefited from artificial intelligence to automate increasing number of internal task.
Amazon is one of the latest technology companies among the biggest technology companies that underlined the complex balances between automation, innovation and human capital in response to the changing cost dynamics of AI development and distribution.
As of the end of March, Amazon was reported to be the second largest private employer in the USA after Walmart Inc. with a total of 1.56 million labor force. While the majority of the warehouse employees perform packaging and transport, more than 350,000 companies position positions.
Microsoft also folds the labor force
At the beginning of this month, Microsoft Corp., another technology giant investing in an intensive investment in AI, launched a new dismissal tour that affected approximately 9,000 employees that pointed to the second important labor reduction this year.
