Two Amazon employees talk at one of the entrances to the company’s East Coast headquarters in Virginia. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
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Amazon is laying off thousands of corporate workers in an effort to slim down while it spends big on the AI race.
In a note on Tuesday, Amazon human-resources executive Beth Galetti said the tech giant would cut about 14,000 corporate jobs, or about 4% of its workforce. She cited a goal of “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to