Microsoft cutbacks proceed, firing north of 500 additional workers this time
According to recent reports, Microsoft has laid off 559 more employees from its security operations department in Redmond and Bellevue. Here are the specifics.
Ankush Pandey
The tech sector is experiencing difficulties. Globally, tens of thousands of employees have been let go by tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Twitter. The negative news is that the majority of these businesses have announced multiple rounds of layoffs. Microsoft is one of these businesses, and there are reports that it is cutting hundreds of jobs in the United States.
According to recent reports, Microsoft has laid off 559 more employees from its security operations department in Redmond and Bellevue. According to The Seattle Times, this brings Seattle's total number of layoffs to 2743. This follows Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft,'s announcement of the first round of layoffs in January 2023. The company blamed the critical macroeconomic conditions when it announced the layoff of 10,000 employees at the time. Meta and Amazon recently announced their second round of layoffs, resulting in the elimination of thousands of jobs worldwide.
In an email to employees in January 2023, Nadella stated that "macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities" would lead to the layoff of thousands of workers. In the same email to employees, Nadella wrote, "We will continue to hire in key strategic areas while we are eliminating roles in some areas." Additionally, the CEO of Microsoft emphasized the significance of constructing a "new computer platform" by utilizing advancements in artificial intelligence. Additionally, due to the fact that some regions of the world are currently experiencing a recession and others are anticipating one, businesses across all sectors and geographies are taking precautions, he wrote.
The tech organization is right now zeroing in on further developing its recently sent-off Bing computer-based intelligence chatbot as a team with Open simulated intelligence, which is the organizer behind the well-known ChatGPT. Users will need to ensure that they have a Microsoft ID as the new Bing AI is slowly being made available to all users. Users will also be able to log in with their phone numbers thanks to the company.
Users will only need to open Bing in their browser and select the Chat option in the upper left corner to access Bing Chat. Users will now be able to use the new Bing AI powered by ChatGPT for free once they gain access to the new Bing. Users simply need to enter the appropriate prompts, and the chatbot will generate images in accordance with the requirements. Additionally, the most recent update makes it possible for the brand-new Bing AI to create AI photos.
