‘Tone deaf’: US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AI

‘Tone deaf’: US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AI

The cybersecurity company that became a household name after causing a massive global IT outage last year has announced it will cut 5% of its workforce in part due to “AI efficiency”.

In a note to staff earlier this week, released in stock market filings in the US, CrowdStrike’s chief executive, George Kurtz, announced that 500 positions, or 5% of its workforce, would be cut globally, citing AI efficiencies created in the business.

“We’re operating in a market and technology…

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