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How most of the firms with current layoffs are really adapting their workforces to the efficiencies and challenges of synthetic intelligence? And what number of of them have been simply utilizing AI as an excuse to cowl different issues?
Thatβs the query posed by a New York Instances article on the pattern of βAI-washing,β the place firms will cite AI as the explanation for layoffs that may really be brought on by different elements, like over-hiring in the course of the pandemic.
AI was the said motive for greater than 50,000 layoffs in 2025, with Amazon and Pinterest among the many tech firms who blamed the expertise for current cuts.
However a Forrester report printed in January argued, βMany firms saying A.I.-related layoffs don’t have mature, vetted A.I. purposes able to fill these roles, highlighting a pattern of βA.I.-washingβ β attributing financially motivated cuts to future A.I. implementation.β
Molly Kinder, a senior analysis fellow on the Brookings Institute, famous that saying layoffs have been brought on by AI is a βvery investor-friendly message,β particularly when the choice would possibly imply admitting, βThe enterprise is ailing.β
