Amazon unveils latest warehouse robot as tech giants continue AI layoffs

• Amazon is rolling out its next-generation warehouse robots that respond to natural language.
• The tech giant has laid off thousands of corporate workers amid plans to invest in AI.
• “Our experience of robots is that it’s actually driven up employment rather than the reverse,” Amazon executive John Boumphrey told CNBC.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/amazon-robot-proteus-warehouse-ai-layoffs.html