Amazon is set to lay off up to 30,000 corporate workers, nearly 10% of its corporate workforce. This reversal of Amazon’s pandemic-induced hiring expansion comes after the company’s CEO previously warned employees about the potential risk artificial intelligence poses to their jobs. The action, reported by multiple media outlets, is part of Amazon’s cost-cutting efforts and a step back from its massive recruitment drive during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, fueled by a temporary surge in demand for online shopping.