Microsoft offers voluntary employee buyouts for first time as it ramps up AI spending

Source: New York Post

Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the Windows maker’s 51-year history, CNBC reported Thursday, citing a memo. Like other US tech giants, Microsoft has been spending aggressively on artificial intelligence. But adoption of one of its flagship AI services, the 365 Copilot, has reached just slightly over 3% of its total 450 million 365 customers.