Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as AI leads to efficiency push
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Microsoft is trying to balance a rapid AI infrastructure build-out with capital efficiency.
  • Shayeta@feddit.orgEnglish
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    34 minutes ago

    I always thought that one day Linux would beat Windows. Now I see that this is impossible, and the only one who could defeat Windows is Windows itself.

  • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    13 hours ago

    They are freeing up operational expenses for cap-ex spending on data centers. My god, the idiocy is palpable.

  • k33bz@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    That’s an insane number of potential people leaving - I wouldn’t be suprised to see entire departments gutted.

    60,000 is something like 1/3 of the corporate workforce.

    • Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      They should definitely get rid of 60K of them; probably more like 160K. AI can easly replace all of that and more. AI is more than perfect (according to AI), it’s near perfect (according to AI, that’s an upgrade from perfect).

      Also, that’s definitely going to be a winning plan for them. /s