Microsoft offered voluntary resignation to 60 thousand employees, the corporation explained this by the high costs of introducing AI. According to the Business Insider portal, employees were sent a corporate letter in which they were offered to leave the company in exchange for financial benefits and assistance in finding a new office. "The voluntary separation proposal reflects an important part of how we are developing our approach to change: creating more flexibility and, where possible, more ways for employees to shape their next chapter in life," said Amy Coleman, Microsoft VP. Reuters clarifies that employees of departments related to the development of neural networks, Xbox, Windows, as well as finance and personnel issues, have been offered to voluntarily resign.