Amazon to ‘reduce’ workforce due to AI implementation

But he believes this is just the “relative beginning” and that AI agents will spark bigger changes at work.

“Many of these agents have yet to be built, but make no mistake, they’re coming, and coming fast,” the CEO said.

According to Jassy, AI agents will be able to perform tasks, such as scouring the internet, summarising results, engaging in deep research, writing code, finding anomalies, and automating a lot of time-consuming tasks.

“Agents will be teammates that we can call on at various stages of our work, and that will get wiser and more helpful with more experience,” he said.

“If we build and leverage the right agents, it’s going to rapidly accelerate our ability to make customers’ lives easier and better every day, and it’s going to make our jobs even more exciting and fun than they are today.”