📋 Quick Takeaways

• Amazon announces 14,000 corporate job cuts representing 4% of workforce while investing heavily in generative AI
• IBM achieves quantum computing milestone with error correction running on AMD FPGAs, 10x faster than required
• Microsoft and OpenAI restructure partnership with $135B Microsoft stake and extended IP rights through 2032
• Palo Alto Networks launches comprehensive AI security platform with Prisma AIRS 2.0 and autonomous AI agents
• Nvidia reportedly developing $3 billion robotaxi fleet to challenge Tesla and Waymo by 2027
• OpenAI offers free ChatGPT Go for one year to all Indian users starting November 4
• U.S. government considers equity stakes in quantum computing startups through CHIPS program

🏢 Corporate Restructuring & Workforce Changes

Amazon Cuts 14,000 Corporate Jobs in AI-Focused Transformation

Major Workforce Reduction: Amazon confirmed on October 28, 2025, that it will eliminate approximately 14,000 corporate positions, representing roughly 4% of its corporate and tech workforce of around 350,000 employees.