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    Amazon CEO Jassy says AI will reduce its corporate workforce in the next few years

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    Andy Jassy, Amazon president and CEO, attends the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" at The Culver Studios on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Culver City, Calif parts of its business, shuttering stores and slashing 29,000 jobs in an effort to reduce costs. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

    By Michelle Chapman, Business Writer

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    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy anticipates generative artificial intelligence will reduce its corporate workforce in the next few years as the online giant begins to increase its usage of the technology.

    “We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs,” Jassy said in a message to employees. “It’s hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.”

    The executive said that Amazon has more than 1,000 generative AI services and applications in progress or built, but that figure is a “small fraction” of what it plans to build.

    Jassy encouraged employees to get on board with the e-commerce company’s AI plans.

    “As we go through this transformation together, be curious about AI, educate yourself, attend workshops and take trainings, use and experiment with AI whenever you can, participate in your team’s brainstorms to figure out how to invent for our customers more quickly and expansively, and how to get more done with scrappier teams,” he said.

    Earlier this month Amazon announced that it was planning to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

    Since 2024 started, Amazon has committed to about $10 billion apiece to data center projects in Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina as it ramps up its infrastructure to compete with other tech giants to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence products.

    The rapid growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence has meanwhile fueled demand for energy-hungry data centers that need power to run servers, storage systems, networking equipment and cooling systems. Amazon said earlier this month that it will spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania.

    In March Amazon began testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service. A month earlier, the company rolled out a generative-AI infused Alexa.

    Amazon has also invested more heavily in AI. In November the company said that it was investing an additional $4 billion in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. Two months earlier chipmaker Intel said that its foundry business would make some custom artificial intelligence chips for Amazon Web Services, which is Amazon’s cloud computing unit and a main driver of its artificial intelligence ambitions.

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    Republic promotes Michael Wagner and Kim Estrada

    Wednesday, January 14, 2026

    Republic has promoted Michael Wagner to managing director of its editorial and design divisions and Kim Estrada to executive producer of editorial. These leadership appointments reflect the company’s ongoing commitment to developing talent from within.

    As managing director, Wagner will lead client strategy and support business development of Republic’s editorial and design studios, and coordinate those efforts with the leadership of their production division. He joined Republic in 2024 after nearly a decade at charlieuniformtango where he advanced from jr. producer to executive producer, managing national campaigns across multiple categories. Prior to his work in advertising, Wagner spent time in transportation management at BNSF Railway, an experience that honed his ability to manage complex operations and anticipate challenges.

    “Republic’s partners have built something truly special,” Wagner said. “The vision and creative rigor that define the company set a high bar, and I look forward to continuing to learn while helping strengthen Republic’s position as thought leaders in our continually evolving market.”

    As executive producer of editorial, Estrada will oversee all postproduction workflows while shaping the creative and operational strategy for the team. She began her career at Filmworkers in 2008 and spent nearly a decade building and managing Treehouse’s editorial production operation. After gaining production experience at an agency’s in-house production firm, she joined Republic as a sr. producer in 2021.

    “What sets Republic apart is the shared commitment to craft and collaboration across the entire team,” Estrada said. “Every person here is exceptional at what they do, and that depth of talent creates... Read More

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