Amazon's Workforce Shift - News Vocabulary Lesson 2
Amazon will lay off hundreds of employees working on Alexa, its voice-assistant service. According to Daniel Rausch, a vice president at the e-commerce giant, the cuts are part of a shift towards using more generative artificial intelligence. The company is on a culling spree: more than 27,000 people have been sacked over the past year.
Glossary of Key Terms:
- Lay Off: To dismiss employees from their jobs, often temporarily or as part of company restructuring or downsizing.
- Alexa: Amazon's voice-assistant service, which allows users to interact with technology using voice commands.
- Voice-Assistant Service: A technology that allows users to interact with devices or systems through voice commands.
- Daniel Rausch: A vice-president at Amazon, involved in the decision-making process of the company.
- E-Commerce Giant: A large company specializing in buying and selling goods or services over the Internet.
- Generative Artificial Intelligence: AI that can generate new content or responses based on learning from large amounts of data.
- Culling Spree: The process of significantly reducing the number of employees in a short period, often in a drastic or aggressive manner.
- Sacked: Informal term for being dismissed or fired from a job.
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