SUSE to cut one in 10 workers, citing automation and AI
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Open-source software company SUSE will cut one in 10 of its nearly 2,000 workers, CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff in an email.
He cited "automation and AI" and wrote that "the organizational design and cost base that SUSE is built on today will not carry us forward successfully."
ZDNet reports the cuts follow similar layoffs at other tech companies. Economists it cites say a broad AI-driven layoff wave has not yet arrived.
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- ZDNet · AINewsSUSE lays off 1 in 10 workers, citing AI and automation
AIOpen-source software company SUSE will cut one in 10 of its nearly 2,000 workers, CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff by email, citing "automation and AI." Van Leeuwen wrote that "the organizational design and cost base that SUSE is built on today will not carry us forward successfully." The layoffs follow similar cuts at other tech companies, though economists say a broad AI-driven layoff wave has not yet arrived.
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