Amazon’s Robot Army: Bye-Bye Bargain Bin Humans by 2033!
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Amazon, the retail overlord with over a million robots already manning its warehouses, now dreams of unleashing bipedal bots like Agility Robotics’ Digit by 2033 to dodge hiring 600,000 actual humans. Planning to automate 75% of their U.S. operations by 2027 and axe 160,000 jobs to save 30 cents per item and a whopping $12.6 billion, Amazon wants to rebrand its robot takeover with feel-good buzzwords like ‘cobot’ and ‘advanced technology’ to dodge the public grilling. Meanwhile, Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu warns this gig economy's big daddy might soon become the job-loss champion of America.
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(1 of 3)Source: Theverge | Published: 10/21/2025 | Author: Jess Weatherbed
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