India, May 21 -- Laying off 6,000 people, including its Director of AI for Startups, caught many in the tech industry by surprise and made the darker aspects of AI clear. Though the business believes that pushing into AI will lead to future gains, the layoffs signal the impact it is having on its staff.

Microsoft revealed on May 15, 2025, that the layoffs will affect almost 3% of its worldwide staff. One main point is that such problems arose even for high-level AI leaders working on AI systems. AI leaders like de Queiroz were not immune. On X (formerly Twitter), she wrote, "I was impacted by Microsoft's latest round of layoffs. Am I sad? Absolutely. I'm heartbroken to see so many talented people I've had the honor of working with being ...