The AI-related layoffs at Amazon and some other firms reflect a "hollowing out of middle-skilled workers," Lynn Wu, a professor of operations, information and decisions at the University of Pennsylvania, told ABC News.

Aeternum amid layoffs in the division and even deeper job cuts across its parent company. The game debuted on PC in 2021 and it landed on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S just over a year ago. "After four years of steady content updates and a major new console release,

GeekWire reported Tuesday on a new filing from the Washington Employment Security Department revealing that the tech giant is laying off 2,303 corporate employees, mostly in Seattle and Bellevue. The cuts are part of broader layoffs announced Tuesday that will impact about 14,000 workers globally.

Business Insider's reporters walk through the big layoffs at Amazon, why the cuts came, and who could be next.

Amazon is set to slash thousands of corporate jobs starting Oct. 28, according to multiple reports. The impending corporate layoffs amount to the largest such job reduction in the company's history, CNBC and Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources.

The Amazon layoffs likely reflect a “strategic ‘talent remix,’ ” say researchers at Gartner. It appears the organization is “reallocating resources to high-priority business areas, rather than [the layoffs] directly resulting from AI-driven productivity gains.”

The sweeping workforce reduction is intended to reduce expenses and compensate for over-hiring during the pandemic, according to a report from Reuters.

More names are starting to emerge of Amazon MGM Studios executives affected by the sweeping companywide layoffs implemented today.

One chart shows how Amazon's workforce surged during the pandemic and Great Resignation. The new corporate layoffs are a small share of its employees.

Amazon — a company that made more than $35 billion in profit in the first half of 2025 and is on track to spend more than $120 billion on AI this year — is laying off tens of thousands of people, citing its desire to slim down and “operate like the world’s largest startup.”

Amazon Games, amidst mass layoffs, has reportedly cancelled its ambitious The Lord of the Rings MMORPG project.

The company's latest Middle-earth project is scrapped as Amazon Games retreats from MMOs, struggling to find a fresh hook that could set its take on Tolkien's world apart.