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Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
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TL;DR
- Amazon reportedly plans to use robots to avoid hiring over 600,000 US workers by 2033.
- Automation efforts aim to replace 75% of the company's operations.
- This strategy could save about 30 cents on every item sold and billions in costs.
- Amazon considered strategies to improve its public image regarding job losses, including rebranding 'automation' and 'AI'.
- An Amazon spokesperson stated the leaked documents do not represent the company's overall hiring strategy and highlighted ongoing hiring efforts.