alt Hacker NewsInteresting -- it doesn't cite AI (smart comms move, and a change from recent practice) but the buried lede is that this frees up resources etc etc.
I think we might be in a new phase: AI layoffs are now being disguised as regular layoffs (rather than the other way around) because of the backlash.
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zamalek • today at 3:28 PM
Uber was one of the first to admit that AI isn't all it's hyped up to be.
Layoff note mentions AI => it's not AI
Layoff note omits AI => it's AI
I am onboard with the idea that corporate messaging is typically anything but forthright but I don't see the logic here.