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Trump Adviser Says Companies 'Blame' AI for Layoffs Because 'It Plays Better in the Press'

Michael Kratsios, US President Donald Trump's science and technology adviser says some companies may be blaming AI for layoffs because it 'plays better in the press' (Credit: Xuthoria / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0)

A senior White House adviser has claimed that some companies may be attributing job cuts to artificial intelligence because it generates better public relations than admitting the layoffs would have happened regardless.

Michael Kratsios, US President Donald Trump's science and technology adviser, made the remarks during a recent appearance on the Moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast, where he argued that AI is sometimes being used as a convenient explanation for workforce reductions rather than their true cause.

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