Layoffs or an AI pivot? It's hard to tell the difference now

Layoffs or an AI pivot? It's hard to tell the difference now

Last year, Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said that his company would have more engineers working for it in five years than it did then. Brendan McDermid/Reuters This post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here. Am I getting laid off, or is my company announcing a big AI pivot? These days, it's probably a bit of both. A weird thing is happening in Corporate America. Companies are cleansing their layoff an...