The Journal. · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticizes the trend of companies announcing layoffs and attributing them to AI, which often leads to a stock price increase. He believes this approach is simplistic and problematic, potentially leading to political backlash against the tech industry.
“There is a pattern of some companies where then announce a massive layoff, they attribute it to AI, and then the stock goes up, you know.”
“And I think that that's the notion of like problematic thinking is that all I have to do is cut jobs and say we're using AI, and then I get rewarded by the market.”
“Is kind of simplistic and problematic if you want to avoid disruption.”