aceCompanies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back
Employers around the globe are grappling with the fallout from rushing to adopt fast-changing artificial intelligence tools. Meta has scaled back plans to axe staff and use more AI agents after the company found employees were spending more and more time cleaning up technical and security errors, Reuters reported. And after thinning its workforce, especially middle managers, in a 2023 efficiency push, the company is expanding its managerial ranks again, LinkedIn posts from workers show. At Microsoft, which rolle…
Firms that adopted AI quickly are facing error cleanup, security and privacy risks, higher costs and weak productivity returns, and are now restricting use and bringing back experienced staff.
The article is journalism relying on secondhand reports and surveys; several companies declined to comment, and the account of the 3M expert's AI use is disputed by the expert's counsel and 3M.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-13
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