Archive · 30 Nov 2025
Amazon Employees Protest AI Push
Over 1,000 Amazon employees wrote an open letter to CEO Andy Jassy, expressing concerns about the company's rapid push for artificial intelligence.
They worry that this 'warp-speed' approach to AI could harm democracy, jobs, and the environment.
The employees claim that Amazon is putting aside its climate goals to build AI, forcing employees to use AI tools, and helping to create a more militarized surveillance state.
They also mention that Amazon is collaborating with a company that makes software for autonomous weapons and is expanding its surveillance capabilities.
The employees demand that Amazon make three commitments: no AI with dirty energy, no AI without employee voices, and no AI for violence, surveillance, and mass deportation.
Over 1,000 Amazon employees, along with over 2,400 employees from other tech giants, signed an open letter protesting Amazon's rapid AI push.
The employees claim that Amazon's 'all-costs-justified, warp-speed' approach to AI could harm democracy, jobs, and the environment.
Amazon is accused of putting aside its climate goals to build AI, forcing employees to use AI tools, and helping to create a more militarized surveillance state.
The employees demand that Amazon make three commitments: no AI with dirty energy, no AI without employee voices, and no AI for violence, surveillance, and mass deportation.
Amazon plans to spend $150 billion on data centers over the next 15 years, which employees say could force utilities to rely on coal and new gas plants.
- Who
- Over 1,000 Amazon employees, supported by over 2,400 employees from Meta, Google, Apple, and Microsoft
- What
- Protest against Amazon's rapid AI push and its potential impacts on jobs, democracy, and the environment
- When
- November 26, 2025
- Where
- Amazon and the broader tech industry
- Why
- Concerns about job displacement, climate change, and the militarization of surveillance
- Number of Employees Protesting
- Over 1,000
- Recipient of Open Letter
- Andy Jassy
- Companies Lobbying Against AI Regulation
- Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google
- Trump's AI Action Plan
- Disincentivizes state regulatory action, demands end to 'wokeness' in AI
- Amazon's Collaboration with Military
- Autonomous weapons software company
- Amazon's Surveillance Expansion
- Ring AI-first, police footage requests, warehouse worker and customer surveillance
- Jeff Bezos' Influence
- Owns The Washington Post, asserting more control
- Amazon's Climate Goals
- Committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, but emissions have grown 35% since 2019
Sources
Is Amazon’s AI Push Threatening Climate Goals and Jobs? Over 1,000 Employees Send Open Letter to Andy Jassy
'Warp-Speed AI Is Harming Us': Over 1,000 Amazon Workers Write Open Letter To CEO Andy Jassy
Amazon workers push back as over 1,000 sign letter warning against ‘warp-speed’ AI rollout
‘Damage to democracy, our jobs and earth’: Why over 1,000 Amazon employees are protesting against tech giant's AI policy
