Daily Digest: Microsoft Laying off 9000 Workers due to AI

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Here are the top 5 AI news headlines in tech and business for July 3, 2025, in bullet-point format:

• EU Delays AI Act Compliance Code Amid Industry Pressure:
  6-month postponement for voluntary Code of Practice after pushback from Google, Meta, and Mistral.

• AI Bots Generate 40+% of Web Traffic, Squeezing Publishers:
  Cloudflare reports 125% bot traffic surge in 6 months; publishers face revenue loss as AI scrapers dominate.

• Microsoft Cuts 9,000 Jobs to Fund $80B AI Infrastructure Push:
  Layoffs target Xbox/sales teams; savings redirected to data centers and chips as AI handles 20-30% of internal coding.

• Salesforce Claims AI Handles 50% of Tasks, But Growth Slows to 8%:
  "Agentforce" adoption faces investor skepticism amid falling shares (-18% YTD) and unproven efficiency gains.

• AI Startups Expand & Tighten Safety:

  • ElevenLabs plans global expansion (Paris, Singapore, Brazil) toward $3.3B valuation IPO.

  • Character.AI hires ex-Meta exec as CEO, adds suicide-prevention tools after safety lawsuits.

What Microsoft’s Layoffs Reveal About the Future of Business and A.I:

I’ve been thinking a lot about Microsoft’s recent announcement about layoffs.🤔

First off, Microsoft is cutting about 4 percent of its workforce. roughly 9,000 people on top of the 6,000 roles they trimmed back in May.

That brings their total headcount to just over 228,000 employees as of June 2025.

Despite these cuts, they’re still posting multibillion-dollar profits📈📈 and commanding a nearly $3.7 trillion market cap.

Two big forces:

1. Microsoft is pouring billions into data centers and cloud infrastructure to fuel AI services like GitHub Copilot, which now supports over 15 million developers.

2.they’re flattening management layers fewer bureaucratic hurdles, more direct oversight to stay agile in an unpredictable market.

take away:

1️⃣First, build flexibility into your team structure.cross-train people and cut unnecessary layers.

2️⃣Second, lean into AI tools that boost productivity think automations that let your people focus on strategy, not repetitive tasks.

🔚Finally, prioritize projects with the highest ROI and be ready to pivot when the market shifts.

At the end of the day, navigating AI’s rapid rise isn’t just for Big Tech,

you can turn this moment of disruption into a real advantage for your business.

Prompt of the Day

spark creativity:

"Imagine a world where automation has transformed every business sector. Describe a day in the life of an entrepreneur running an automation agency in 2030. What challenges and opportunities do they face?"