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Bernie Sanders: “Amazon and Oracle have laid off 30,000 workers each.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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'AI Is Threatening Our Democracy!': Bernie Sanders Issues Warning About AI Job Replacement, Big Tech

Published | Video Starts at 08:23

These are not just theoretical concerns. We're already starting to see the impact of AI and robotics on workers. Amazon and Oracle have laid off 30,000 workers each. Microsoft has laid off 20,000 workers. Meta has laid off 18,000, et cetera, et cetera. Researchers have found that new companies using AI have about 25% fewer employees than comparable companies. (08:23–08:27)

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