This includes people who work on the company’s MSN news website and its Edge browser, reports The Guardian. Journalists have reportedly been told that they aren’t required anymore because the AI can stand in for them.

The layoffs include 27 people at PA Media, a news organisation contracted by Microsoft to maintain news on its website, The Guardian report says.

Another report from the Seattle Times, said about 50 contract news producers will lose their jobs by the end of June though the company will still retain a team of journalists working full time.

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