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Sam Altman Warns Against 'AI Washing' Amid Layoff Discussions

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Sam Altman says companies ‘AI washing’ by blaming unrelated layoffs on AI

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses the phenomenon of 'AI washing,' where companies attribute layoffs to AI despite unrelated factors. He acknowledges potential job displacement due to AI but emphasizes the need for new roles to emerge alongside technological advancements.

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Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that some companies are engaging in “AI washing” when it comes to layoffs, or falsely attributing workforce reductions to the technology’s impact.

“I don’t know what the exact percentage is, but there’s some AI washing where people are blaming AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, and then there’s some real displacement by AI of different kinds of jobs,” Altman told CNBC-TV18 at the India AI Impact Summit on Thursday.

This comes amid widespread layoffs and debates about the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, for example, found that of thousands of surveyed C-suite executives across the U.S., the UK, Germany, and Australia, nearly 90%

said AI had no impact on workplace employment over the past three years following the late-2022 release of ChatGPT. READ: Amazon layoffs: Viral India office dance video triggers offshoring debate ( February 18, 2026) However, several tech leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have warned about AI wiping out a significant part of the

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