Amazon layoffs fuel AI debate after top internal user questions efficiency narrative to investors

When N. Lee Plumb was laid off from Amazon last week, he was certain of one thing: it was not because he failed to embrace the company’s artificial intelligence push.

Plumb, who led his team’s “AI enablement” efforts, said he was among the most prolific users of Amazon’s new AI coding tool and had even been flagged internally as one of its top adopters.