Are bots coming for tech jobs or is it “AI washing”?

The highlight of Australia’s journey to AI jobs massacre last year was Matt Comyn’s Commonwealth Bank hitting a pothole and having to reverse call center job cuts that were supposed to be irreversibly undone by the rising tide of AI capabilities.

There will be no such reprieve for the 300 workers the bank laid off in an announcement last month, as it also unveiled a new plan to help workers adapt to AI-driven changes in the workplace.

But as the Ides of March approached this year, it was some of Australia’s biggest tech success stories ready to showcase to thousands of people…