ClaimsJeff Bezos

“In 2021, we’ll invest more than $300 million into safety projects, including an initial $66 million to create technology that will help prevent collisions of forklifts and other types of industrial vehicles.”

Jeff Bezos, Amazon Chair, shareholder letter 15 April 2021 2020 Letter to Shareholders (About Amazon)

Promise AI, the economy and work

Amazon will invest more than $300 million in safety projects in 2021, including an initial $66 million for forklift and industrial vehicle collision-prevention technology.

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Reasoning

Actual safety spending is internal, though the 2021 deadline has passed.

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Jeff Bezos, “Amazon will invest more than $300 million in safety projects in 2021, including an initial $66 million for forklift and industrial vehicle collision-prevention technology.” (said 15 April 2021). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_3b35df9a895e, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3b35df9a895e

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