Microsoft Offers Buyouts to About 60,000 Employees Amid AI Spending

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Microsoft has offered buyout packages to roughly 60,000 of its employees. The move comes as the company invests billions of dollars into artificial intelligence. Staff were already feeling uneasy before the offer was announced. The article presents the buyouts as a development that has heightened tension within the company's workforce.

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