After Layoffs, Microsoft Tells Staff to ‘Invest in Your Own AI Skilling’

After Microsoft announced last week it would cut 9,000 workers, its second major layoffs this year, it told its remaining salespeople to lean on artificial intelligence to be more productive.

“We all need to use AI tools,” said Travis Walter, an executive overseeing Microsoft’s sales to small and medium enterprises in the Americas, during a staff meeting on Monday, according to an attendee.