Amazon, which announced plans this week to reduce its global corporate workforce by about 14,000 jobs , says it is laying off 760 jobs in Southern California beginning in January as part of a shakeup driven by artificial intelligence.

Overall, Amazon says it will cut 1,540 positions in California — including 783 in Northern California , according to Vani Appukkutty, a senior manager in the company’s human resources department. In Southern California, layoffs are coming to Irvine (333), Culver City (152), San Diego (145) and Santa Monica (130).

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The layoffs begin Jan. 26 and finish by April 1, Appukkutty wrote in Oct. 28 letters filed with the state’s Employment Development Department.

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