An ambitious new Amazon program plans to train workers in AI skills, reports The Wall Street Journal. With “AI Ready,” Amazon hopes to train2 million people in “tech and tech-adjacent roles” by 2025, in a bid to gain on the likes of Google and other tech giants in the scramble for talent. The program will include eight online courses and be free to access online, even for non-Amazon employees. It’s expected to be the first of many such corporate training programs, as all kind of industries figure out how AI will play a role in their operations going forward.
- Amazon began laying off “several hundred” people Friday in its Alexa unit as part of its efforts to focus more closely on AI, CNBC reported.