Microsoft plans to replace many of the salespeople it laid off with more technical roles to compete with OpenAI, Google
Microsoft's latest round of layoffs come as the company revises its strategy for selling artificial intelligence tools amid increasing competition from OpenAI and Google, according to sources familiar with the plans and internal documents. The company's recent job cuts included thousands of salespeople, the people said, and largely targeted traditional salespeople that the company intends to replace with more technical salespeople to better sell AI tools.Microsoft on July 2 said it plans to lay off less th ...