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Amazon wants to use robots to avoid adding over 500,000 new jobs

By A Martínez
Published October 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM CDT

Amazon believes it can use robots to avoid adding more than half a million jobs in the next eight years, The New York Times reports. NPR's A Martinez speaks to Times reporter Karen Weise.

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A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First. He came to NPR in 2021 and is based out of NPR West.
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