News AI Newsletter: Amazon Cuts Thousands of Jobs
An Amazon delivery driver sorts packages for delivery in New York City’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 eliminate “bureaucracy”
– Uber presents a new robotaxi without a driver behind the wheel
– Former Google engineer found guilty of stealing artificial intelligence secrets for Chinese companies
MASSIVE CUTS: Amazon said Wednesday that it will eliminate approximately 16,000 positions across the company as part of an organizational overhaul aimed at “reducing layers, increasing ownership and eliminating 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 on January 5, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon/News via Getty Images)
THEFT OF TECHNOLOGY: A federal jury found a former Google engineer guilty of stealing artificial intelligence (AI) trade secrets and spying for Chinese technology companies, ending a high-profile trial in Silicon Valley.
FIDO’S OLDER BROTHER: Tuya Smart has just introduced Aura, its first AI-powered companion robot created for pets. Aura is designed specifically for domestic dogs and cats, with AI trained to recognize their behaviors, movements and vocal cues. The idea behind Aura is simple. Pets need more than feeders and cameras. They need attention, interaction and calm.
BIG TIME: What will happen when artificial intelligence (AI) goes from painting portraits to designing houses? That question is no longer theoretical. At the Utzon Center in Denmark, Ai-Da Robot, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, has made history as the first humanoid robot to design a building.
A man faces the realistic artist robot “Ai-Da” that uses artificial intelligence at a booth during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on May 30, 2024. (FABRICE COFFRINI/News via Getty Images)
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