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Business / Thu, 23 Jul 2026 The Times of India

Amazon layoffs hit employees in the group focusing on Artificial General Intelligence that everyone including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI say is one of their 'biggest goals'

"We've been building large AI models for several years, and it remains one of the most important things we're working on. We’re sharpening our focus on the initiatives that matter most for customers, so we can move faster on what counts. That focus means some difficult decisions, including eliminating some roles within parts of our AGI organisation,”Layoffs affect AGI teams as Amazon restructures AI effortsJob cuts come despite continued AI investment"haven't been at the very frontier for the very largest, most demanding workloads." "most capable intelligent models out there."

"We've been building large AI models for several years, and it remains one of the most important things we're working on. We’re sharpening our focus on the initiatives that matter most for customers, so we can move faster on what counts. That focus means some difficult decisions, including eliminating some roles within parts of our AGI organisation,”

Layoffs affect AGI teams as Amazon restructures AI efforts

Job cuts come despite continued AI investment

"haven't been at the very frontier for the very largest, most demanding workloads."

"most capable intelligent models out there."

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