Irish Examiner view: Amazon job losses may be just the tip of the iceberg

The jobs which are specifically threatened by this week’s news are endangered not by robotics, but by artificial intelligence

Amazon employs approximately 6,500 people at sites in Cork, Dublin, and Drogheda. File picture

News from Amazon this week is unsettling, and not just because the tech giant looks set to reduce its workforce by 14,000 jobs across the world.

There are fears that job cuts in Ireland are part of that plan.