Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs

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209 points htrp | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 13:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

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strict9 ◴[02 Jul 25 14:46 UTC] No.44444431[source]▶

Surprisingly no mention of AI in an article about mass layoffs at a tech company. Wonder if that line has finally had all the juice squeezed from it to explain away layoffs and outsourcing.

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mjr00 ◴[02 Jul 25 14:55 UTC] No.44444531[source]▶

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AI works as a smokescreen when doing product development layoffs, but you can't really use it for sales, which is still very human-to-human, or when canceling entire projects like they're doing in XBox Game Studios.

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1. daxfohl ◴[02 Jul 25 16:34 UTC] No.44445734[source]▶

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I don't recall reading any official statements, ever, that said layoffs were due to AI replacing engineers. Do you have examples? I think that line gets thrown in by reporters that don't know what they're talking about, or HN/LinkedIn users that haven't actually read the statement.

I could easily be wrong; I can't say I've thoroughly perused every layoff statement from big tech, but I frankly don't even see how it would be positive PR that you're replacing workers with machines, much less worth outright lying about.

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