SEATTLE — SEATTLE — Seattle-based tech giant Amazon is making its largest round of corporate layoffs in years — cutting roughly 14,000 jobs — and directly linking the decision to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.

Of those eliminations, 2,303 employees in Washington state will be laid off. Those local layoffs include roles at distribution centers, at the Seattle headquarters and some remote workers, according to an employee separations letter sent to the Employment Security Department.

In an internal memo sent to employees early Monday morning, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology Beth Galetti described the cuts as part of a broader effort to make the company “leaner and faster-moving.” The memo calls AI “the most transformative technology we’ve seen since th

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