Amazon lays off staff in its Artificial General Intelligence department

TechFlow reports that on Wednesday, July 22, Amazon (AMZN.O) conducted layoffs in its Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) department, marking the latest in a series of small-scale layoffs by the company since the large-scale layoffs in January. "We have been building large AI models for many years, and this remains one of the most important tasks we are undertaking," an Amazon spokesperson said. "We are focusing on projects that are most important to customers to accelerate progress in key areas. This focus means making some difficult decisions, including cutting some positions within the AGI organization." (Jin10)