Amazon said it will cut approximately 14,000 white-collar jobs, representing about 4% of the total corporate workforce, as it seeks to gain efficiencies — and as it prepares for advances in artificial intelligence that will reduce the need for humans to run the company.

Beth Galetti, SVP of people experience and technology at Amazon, wrote in a memo to employees Tuesday that the layoffs are a continuation of the company’s efforts “to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers’ current and future needs.”

On Monday, Reuters had reported that Amazon would cut as many as 30,000 employees to “pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand

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