For a long time IBM's AI strategy has been to do normal business, and claim it's AI-related in order to make themselves sound cooler.
This is the same thing. Any layoffs happening today don't really have anything to do with AI. The company just needs to do layoffs, and saying "we have layoffs because of AI" sounds better than "we have layoffs because revenues are worse than we expected".
Same thing at the company I recently worked at-- a maker of software for car dealerships & manufacturers.
The product marketing mentions AI.
I asked a staff data scientist (has been with company for several years) if AI is used in our products.
"No."
It's quite amazing how pervasive Fraud & pseudo-Fraud is in the American economy. Regulators seem to turn a blind eye to so much of it. A recent example I saw was Food adulteration, with things such as sawdust [0]
I don't think adding cellulose to processed food in order to prevent caking is food adulteration. It's clearly listed on the ingredients and is perfectly safe.
I do think it's fun to point out in the ingredients list, sometimes it's a little unexpected, like on a bag of chips. "Mmm, sawdust" is kind of funny because it sounds bad but is completely harmless.
This is the same thing. Any layoffs happening today don't really have anything to do with AI. The company just needs to do layoffs, and saying "we have layoffs because of AI" sounds better than "we have layoffs because revenues are worse than we expected".