Episode 952: Is AI just used as an excuse for job cuts?

Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily business and financial news by Peter Watson

Oct 29, 202500:23:08News & Politics

In this episode, Emma Dulinkova and I talk about Amazon's decision to cut 14,000 jobs and whether companies are just using AI as an excuse to sack people they were going to cut anyway...

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