Just one week after a report that Amazon wanted to replace 75% of its workforce with robots , the online retail giant has announced that it is laying off 14,000 employees to reduce "bureaucracy" and invest in "our biggest bets" -- namely, artificial intelligence .

"This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we've seen since the internet, and it's enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing market segments and altogether new ones)," said Beth Galetti, SVP of People Experience and Technology, in a blog post on Tuesday. "We're convinced that we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business."

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