Key Takeaways

In the letter, employees claim that Amazon is prioritizing AI over its climate goals and its people.

Amazon defended its climate and AI investments in response.

Amazon employees are voicing serious concerns about the company’s AI rollout .

Over 1,000 Amazon staff members anonymously signed an open letter addressed to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and the senior leadership team last week. In the letter, employees warned that the company’s current AI strategy threatens jobs and the environment.

The signatories range from Whole Foods workers to IT staff and represent a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.53 million total employees, according to its third-quarter earnings report. More than 3,600 workers outside of Amazon also signed the letter.

In the open letter, the signatorie

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