Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs(ASSOCIATED PRESS) – Associated Press says Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the e-commerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. The latest reductions follow a round of job cuts in October, when Amazon said it was laying off 14,000 workers. The layoffs announced Wednesday are Amazon’s biggest since 2023, when the company cut 27,000 jobs. Late last year after layoffs, Jassy said job cuts weren’t driven by company finances or AI.