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DannyB [soylentnews.org] writes:

‘Tone deaf’: US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AI [theguardian.com]

CrowdStrike CEO announces 5% of workforce to be slashed globally, citing artificial intelligence efficiencies created in the business

The cybersecurity company that became a household name after causing a massive global IT outage last year has announced it will cut 5% of its workforce in part due to “AI efficiency”.

In a note to staff earlier this week, released in stock market filings in the US, CrowdStrike’s chief executive, George Kurtz, announced that 500 positions, or 5% of its workforce, would be cut globally, citing AI efficiencies created in the business.

And a quote that almost could only have come from an AI or someone trained in corporate drone speak:

“We’re operating in a market and technology inflection point, with AI reshaping every industry, accelerating threats, and evolving customer needs,” he said.

Kurtz said AI “flattens our hiring curve, and helps us innovate from idea to product faster”, adding it “drives efficiencies across both the front and back office”.

Why the company is highly recognized and well known for its products.

In July last year, CrowdStrike pushed out a faulty update to its software designed to detect cybersecurity threats that brought down 8.5m Windows systems worldwide. [theguardian.com]

The outage caused chaos at airports, and took down computers in hospitals, TV networks, payment systems and people’s personal computers.

They have to be seen to be doing something.

McEwan said companies were facing pressure to deliver on the big investments made in AI.

I feel safer already.

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