The other side of the AI boom
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SUSE
SUSE chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told about 1,900 employees that roughly 10% of roles are being cut. In the memo, he said automation and AI are changing how a software company operates, and that some existing roles are no longer needed.
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Microsoft
Microsoft said it would cut 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its workforce, and overhaul Xbox, including a plan to divest up to five studios. Chief people officer Amy Coleman told employees the eliminated roles are not being replaced by AI, and that AI is still changing how the work gets done.
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Cisco
Cisco said it would cut under 4,000 jobs, about 5% of the workforce, on the same day it reported record third-quarter revenue amid demand for its AI infrastructure. Chief executive Chuck Robbins told staff the winners in the AI era will keep shifting investment, and that this round of cuts was one of those hard decisions.
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Amazon
Amazon said in January that it was cutting 16,000 jobs, and CBS News reported that the memo to employees did not mention AI. In 2025, chief executive Andy Jassy had written that investing in AI agents would mean fewer people doing some of today's jobs and more people doing other ones.
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Pinterest said it plans to cut 15% of its workforce and described the change as part of an AI-forward strategy. A spokesperson told CBS News that the plan includes hiring people who are already proficient with AI, so the cut is also a change in who the company wants to employ.
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IBM
Arvind Krishna told the Wall Street Journal that AI chatbots had taken over the jobs of a few hundred human-resources workers. CNBC reported that he also said IBM had increased hiring in software engineering, sales, and marketing, and that a later 1% global cut could affect nearly 3,000 people.
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Salesforce
Marc Benioff said Salesforce had cut customer support from 9,000 people to about 5,000 because the company needed fewer of them. CNBC reported that he had also said AI was already doing as much as half the work at the company.