OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly accused businesses of increasingly using AI as a convenient excuse for layoffs. Automation can replace some employees, but according to Altman, some companies are simply masking their own management failures with the buzzword 'AI'. And it sounds loud — 'AI washing'.

📉 At the same time, 90% of companies in major economies have yet to see tangible benefits from AI implementation. But alongside this, there are predictions of cutting half of entry-level office positions, and major players like Klarna are already preparing large-scale optimization.

AI has become a convenient excuse for mass layoffs