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AI will lead to labour shortages, Jeff Bezos says at VivaTech

AI will lead to labour shortages, Jeff Bezos says at VivaTech
Channel News Asia Wednesday 17 June 2026, 09:56 UTC 1 min read
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AI will lead to labour shortages, Jeff Bezos says at VivaTech AMSTERDAM, June 17 : Artificial Intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the replacement of humans, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Wednesday. Bezos was speaking about his new AI startup Prometheus, which is aimed at speeding up physical manufacturing, at the VivaTech conference in Paris.

AI will lead to labour shortages, Jeff Bezos says at VivaTech AMSTERDAM, June 17 : Artificial Intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the replacement of humans, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Wednesday. Bezos was speaking about his new AI startup Prometheus, which is aimed at speeding up physical manufacturing, at the VivaTech conference in Paris. Source: Reuters
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