Microsoft to Lay Off 60,000 Employees for AI

Microsoft plans to lay off approximately 60,000 employees, representing 27% of its total workforce. The layoffs are being conducted through voluntary-involuntary offers with severance packages.

The primary reason for such large-scale reductions is the urgent need to lower operating expenses. The company intends to redirect the freed-up funds toward actively building new data centers to support artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Workplace automation using AI is happening faster and more radically than the market expected. This is leading to structural changes in the company's workforce and a review of traditional human resource management approaches.