‘AI won’t take your job’: AWS CEO draws clear line; remark amid 14,000 Amazon layoffs

AWS CEO Matt Garman asserts AI amplifies human skills, not replacing jobs, citing efficiency gains like a codebase rewrite by six people. This comes amid Amazon’s significant AI infrastructure investment and workforce reductions, which internal communications linked to AI’s transformative power. Over 1,000 employees, however, voiced concerns about AI’s impact on democracy, jobs, and climate goals.