Microsoft recently confirmed that it plans to lay off about 9,000 employees, which will be the largest layoff since Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees in 2023. It is reported that Microsoft's last layoff was in May this year, involving about 7,000 people. Microsoft is currently reducing management levels and using artificial intelligence to improve employee efficiency. Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said in April: Currently, 20% to 30%6 of the company's code is written by artificial intelligence, and the amount of code written by Microsoft AI is steadily increasing.