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Microsoft layoffs hit coders hardest with AI costs on the rise
Microsoft's recent layoffs disproportionately affected software engineers, signalling AI's growing impact on even technical ...
Microsoft's second biggest job cuts: Coders, managers, and others who are being asked to leave
Microsoft's recent layoffs disproportionately affected software engineers, with over 40% of Washington state cuts hitting ...
Microsoft lays off 6000 developers as AI becomes the new coder
Microsoft has laid off employees worldwide, with a surprising majority being software engineers and developers. As AI begins ...
Microsoft to cut an estimated 6,000 employees
Microsoft ( Nasdaq:MSFT) on Tuesday said it is laying off 3% of its employees, which equals an estimated 6,000 positions.
ChatGPT gave wildly inaccurate translations — to try and make users happy
Three recent incidents are reminders that generative AI tools remain troublesome and unreliable. IT buyer beware.
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Building Better with AI: How Chicago Tech Leaders are Using AI to Help Their Teams Scale
A recent survey from Wired found that three in four coders use AI at least once a week, with 17 percent using it most of the time. Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella stated in April 2025 that roughly 30 ...
Microsoft's second biggest layoffs ever hits over 6,000 employees; these are the positions likely to be impacted
Microsoft will reduce its workforce by 3%. This affects about 7,000 employees globally. The company aims to streamline ...
Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code
Still, these cuts come after CEO Satya Nadella said last month that up to 30% of the company’s code was now written by AI .
Microsoft has started its culling of managers and noncoders, with about 6,000 cuts planned
The cuts aim to reduce middle managers and increase coders versus noncoders, as BI earlier reported.
What's behind Microsoft's plans to flatten management layers by cutting thousands of employees
The software giant is eliminating about 6,000 jobs in a bid to increase the 'span of control' inside the company. Here's what ...