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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Amazon memos point to robot takeover 600 000 jobs could vanish - Caught on Camera

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Editor's note: Updated with Amazon's response and hiring context.

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) celebrated a robotic milestone earlier this year while making sure to say the company was not replacing human workers. New documents show that Amazon could have new plans to replace the necessity to hire human workers thanks to its robotic progression.

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