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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Vinay Patel

'AI is a Perfect Excuse': MIT Expert Exposes How Tech Firms Use AI Washing to Mask Massive Layoffs

A troubling corporate strategy is sweeping through Silicon Valley as tech firms weaponize AI as an excuse to downsize (Credit: Pexels)

A prominent MIT economist has raised the alarm over a troubling new strategy sweeping through major Silicon Valley firms this season. Industry experts warn that executive boards are deliberately shifting the public narrative, fundamentally changing how mass redundancies are presented to the market.

By re-framing painful corporate downsizing as forward-thinking technological evolution, leadership teams hope to protect their stock prices while quietly reshaping the future of the global tech workforce.

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