Amazon’s biggest AI data center is now operational in Indiana, with half a million AWS Trainium2 chips entirely devoted to powering OpenAI rival Anthropic. Just over a year ago, it was nothing but cornfields.

The job cuts come as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said he envisions the company relying on AI agents to replace human workers.

Amazon.com said on Wednesday it has launched its compute cluster project called Rainier, and added that artificial intelligence firm Anthropic will use more than a million chips of the infrastructure by the end of the year.

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as it restructures around AI, trimming layers and bureaucracy while shifting work toward automation.

Amazon's HR chief also explained the 14,000 cuts in part by saying AI is helping companies innovate faster.

Amazon's AI systems and advanced technology will create a "safe, more productive" environment for employees as the e-commerce giant plans to avoid hiring 600,000 workers by 2033.

Walmart and OpenAI join forces to bring AI-powered shopping to ChatGPT, forever changing search, discovery, and retail competition with Amazon.

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Amazon’s cloud-computing arm plans to invest an additional $5 billion in South Korea over the next six years to build new artificial-intelligence data centers in the country.