Eat or be eaten by AI, Amazon CEO warns staff

Amazon staff on Tuesday got an email from their CEO advising that some of them will probably be replaced by bots.

CEO Andy Jassy’s memo said that Amazon is accelerating its use of generative AI, both internally and in its products. He cited Alexa+ as one example of where the company was heading, although Amazon's CISO recently told us the company has a bit more work to do on safety guardrails before the personal assistant goes on general release. Testers are currently trying it out but the release date still hasn't been announced.

"Over a million people now have access, and we’re pleased with the customer response - we're getting lots of great feedback and learning as we scale," an Amazon spokesperson told us today. "We're continuing to roll out to customers at an increasing pace, and excited to make it even more broadly available ...