Amazon Trims AGI Team to Focus on Core Initiatives

Amazon has cut jobs in its artificial general intelligence (AGI) group, Reuters reported Wednesday (July 22). The move follows Amazon’s consolidation of AGI work into part of a larger group that also includes silicon development and quantum computing in December 2025, the departure of AGI-focused executive Rohit Prasad at the end of 2025, and the departure of AGI lab leader David Luan in February, according to the report. It’s also one of a series of smaller workforce reductions Amazon has made