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Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Microsoft saved $500 million using AI — after slashing over 15,000 jobs in 2025

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Microsoft saved $500 million using AI — after slashing over 15,000 jobs in 2025

www.windowscentral.com

Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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While AI may not be the direct cause of Microsoft’s recent layoffs, it’s already delivering impressive productivity gains — saving $500 million in the call center alone last year.
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    If you have 15,000 jobs that could be done by the current state of AI, that says a lot more about your management team than anything else.

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    Saved $500M but spent $80B. That’s a $79.5B loss.

    Im sure that $500M will magically start making it worth it.

    I’ll be right back, going to ask AI how.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    remember 10 years ago when tech companies were actually doing interesting things instead of just being ai slop

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipBanned
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      That was 20 years ago.

  • Naich@lemmings.world
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    That’ll be why Microsoft stuff is so shitty.

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    Don’t say “impressive productivity gains” when they are doing less and worse.

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    lmao they just cut jobs to pay for their trashy ai.

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    And what are they going to do with that money they ‘saved’?

    • PushButton@lemmy.world
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      Pay that power bill…

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        Oh, well that’s ok then. :|

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    Did they.

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    Goodness, that poor man’s head looks like it’s about to enter a massive anus.

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    Finally, some normal news. Silly people are doomed. Machines will prevail!

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