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  • 5/27/2025
Amazon software engineers say AI is reshaping their jobs by increasing pressure to code faster and depend on tools they don’t fully control, according to The New York Post. Engineers worry AI is reducing thoughtful coding to assembly line work, echoing warehouse automation trends. An Amazon engineer told The New York Times that their team has been cut in half but is still expected to maintain output due to AI. Engineers say AI use at Amazon is unofficially mandatory, with faster deadlines making it essential to keep up. CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a means to boost productivity and reduce costs, particularly in coding. Amazon encourages employees to build internal AI tools and claims to monitor staffing to keep workloads reasonable.

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00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Amazon software engineers say AI is reshaping their jobs by increasing pressure
00:06to code faster and depend on tools they don't fully control, according to the New York Post.
00:11Engineers worry AI is reducing thoughtful coding to assembly line work,
00:15echoing warehouse automation trends.
00:17The Amazon engineer told the New York Times that their team has been cut in half,
00:21but is still expected to maintain output due to AI.
00:23Engineers say AI use into Amazon is unofficially mandatory,
00:26with faster deadlines making it essential to keep up.
00:29CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a means to boost productivity and reduce costs,
00:34particularly in coding.
00:35Amazon encourages its employees to build internal AI tools
00:38and claims to monitor staffing to keep workloads reasonable.
00:41For all things money, visit Benzinga.com slash GSTV.

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