Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers as AI costs climb

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to more than 60,000 employees. A buyout is an offer to leave the company, usually with a payment. Voluntary means workers can choose whether to accept. CNET covered the move in a Tech Today video recap and links it to rising AI spending.

Other news in the recap

The same recap covered two other stories. Anthropic, an AI company, has filed paperwork for its stock market debut. That filing, called an S1, is the document a company submits before it first sells shares to the public. CNET says it shows billions in losses and includes warnings about AI.

The new iPhone Duo is also out. iFixit, a site that takes devices apart, has already opened one to test how easy it is to repair. A folding phone may cost more to fix than a standard one, though the recap does not give repair prices.

What is not known yet

• How many Microsoft employees will accept the buyouts.
• What the buyout payments are, or who exactly is eligible.
• The exact size of Anthropic's losses beyond "billions."
• How repairable the iPhone Duo scored in iFixit's teardown.

For anyone who works in tech or relies on AI tools, the pattern is worth watching. Big companies are spending heavily on AI and changing their workforces at the same time. The full details sit in CNET's longer pieces on each story.