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AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI
When Amazon Web Services suffered an outage on Monday morning, it practically took down the internet with it. There went all of Amazon’s services, from its shopping hub to its Ring doorbell cameras. ChatGPT went quiet. “Smart” mattresses became unsleepable. Video games like Fortnite blinked out, as did platforms like Snapchat and banking apps.

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Massive Amazon cloud outage has been resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide
How Amazon’s AWS outage took down huge chunks of the web
Amazon Says AWS Cloud Service Back to Normal After Outage Disrupts Businesses Worldwide
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world and disrupting services for several popular websites and apps including...

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Amazon web services return to 'normal operations' after mass outage, tech giant says
Amazon's AWS outage on October 20 knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline for hours
Amazon Says All Cloud Services Restored After 15-Hour Outage
Some users might see slower responses or increased error rates during the recovery, it said.

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Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normal
Amazon’s global outage exposes major vulnerabilities to American life

Amazon Testing New Warehouse Robots and AI Tools for Workers

Amazon.com is building an e-commerce fulfillment business where humans are more efficient and less necessary, thanks to artificial intelligence and robots.

Amazon claims the headline isn’t robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots

In one post, Amazon highlighted Blue Jay, a robot it calls “an extra set of hands that helps employees with tasks that involve reaching and lifting,” and its agentic AI system Project Eluna, which “acts like an extra teammate, helping reduce that cognitive load” while optimizing sorting to reduce bottlenecks.

Amazon Uses AI To Make Robots Better Warehouse Workers

Amazon on Wednesday said it is speeding up the automation of its warehouses with the help of artificial intelligence and robotics, raising questions about the future of human workers.

Amazon employees will soon suffer from alarming workplace trend

Amazon, which has asserted its dominance in retail and the tech industry with its cloud computing services, has turned heads this year with dramatic workforce changes as it invests billions into artificial intelligence.

Will AI Usage In Warehouses Cost Human Jobs? What Amazon Said

Amazon on Wednesday said it is speeding up the automation of its warehouses with the help of artificial intelligence and robotics, raising questions about the future of human workers.

Amazon admits it's missing the next wave of AI startups for its cloud business

Amazon Web Services struggles to find AI solopreneurs and bootstrapped startups, highlighting a blind spot in its customer discovery process.

Amazon has a stark new warning about AI replacing jobs

A mid the wave of hype over artificial intelligence, a growing chorus of fear has sprung around software engineering, where executives are threatening to automate swaths of work. But an ongoing overhaul at America's second-largest private employer has a more immediate warning - already on warehouse floors.

Amazon plans to avoid hiring 600,000 workers through AI automation strategy to double sales by 2033

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.
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