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- Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is closing its Shanghai artificial intelligence lab, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
- Amazon did not immediately respond to Seeking Alpha’s request for comment.
- According to a WeChat post by Wang Minjie, a scientist in the Shanghai lab, the team is “being dissolved due to strategic adjustments amid US-China tensions,” the newspaper said.
- The lab was launched by Amazon Web Services in 2018. While the current headcount is unclear, AWS reportedly employed over 1,000 staff in China at its peak, the FT report said.
- The move follows a broader wave of global layoffs at Amazon and other tech giants like Microsoft and Meta, as companies pivot further toward AI-driven efficiencies.
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