Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs as it looks to expand AI

An Amazon delivery driver sorts packages for delivery in New York’s financial district on October 11, 2022. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

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IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:

– Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs as it seeks to invest in AI and remove ‘bureaucracy’
– Uber unveils a new robotaxi without a driver at the wheel
– Former Google engineer convicted of stealing AI secrets for Chinese companies

MASSIVE CUTS: Amazon announced Wednesday that it would cut about 16,000 positions across the company as part of an organizational overhaul aimed at “reducing levels, increasing ownership and removing bureaucracy,” while continuing to invest heavily in areas such as artificial intelligence.

YOUR NEW JOURNEY: Uber is getting closer to offering rides without anyone behind the wheel. The company recently unveiled a new robotaxi and confirmed that autonomous testing is already underway on public roads in the San Francisco Bay Area. While the vehicle first appeared earlier this month at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, the bigger story now is what happens after the show.

Lucid, Nuro and Uber unveil a robotaxi during Nvidia Live at CES 2026, ahead of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 5, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

TECHNOLOGY THEFT: A federal jury found a former Google engineer guilty of stealing artificial intelligence (AI) trade secrets and spying on behalf of Chinese technology companies, ending a high-profile trial in Silicon Valley.

FIDO’S BIG BROTHER: Tuya Smart has just introduced Aura, its first AI-powered companion robot designed for pets. Aura is designed specifically for domestic cats and dogs, with AI trained to recognize their behaviors, movements and vocal signals. The idea behind Aura is simple. Pets need more than food bowls and cameras. They need attention, interaction and reassurance.

BECOME BIG: What happens when artificial intelligence (AI) moves from painting portraits to designing houses? This question is no longer theoretical. At the Utzon Center in Denmark, Ai-Da Robot, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, made history as the first humanoid robot to design a building.

A man faces the realistic robot artist “Ai-Da” using artificial intelligence at a stand during the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on May 30, 2024. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

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