Amazon is betting its multibillion-dollar investment in robotics will yield significant near-term savings, as the technology giant races to cut costs in its sprawling retail network amid rising spending on artificial intelligence.

Amazon is betting a multibillion-dollar investment in robotics will yield near-term savings, Rafe Uddin of The Financial Times reports.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Amazon is betting its multibillion-dollar investment in robotics will yield significant near-term savings ...