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What's a 'cobot'? Amazon's plan to replace jobs with robots
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:23:55
Publish Date: 2025-10-29 04:10:00
Description:

Internal documents suggest Amazon is planning to replace more than half a million workers with robots — and automate 75% of its operations. We speak to Karen Weise, the technology correspondent for The New York Times. Karen spells out what she learned about Amazon's plan — and how they're talking about selling that plan. Hint: A 'cobot' is a collaborative robot. 

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