Microsoft’s cutbacks in its native state were primarily borne by programmers, as AI is responsible for writing up to 30% of the company’s code.

Bloomberg reports that Microsoft’s 2,000-person layoff in its native state of Washington was most detrimental to coders.

Bloomberg discovered that software engineering was the most prevalent category among the individuals who were laid off, with over 40% of them falling into this category, as indicated by state filings.

Bloomberg also stated that the number of sales or marketing positions that were impacted was relatively low.

In fairness, Microsoft does not disclose the precise percentage of its personnel that consists of programmers.

The reductions are a component of Microsoft’s most recent redundancies, which have impacted approximately 6,000 individuals.

Nevertheless, these reductions are the result of CEO Satya Nadella’s announcement last month that up to 30% of the company’s code was now written by AI.

Microsoft was questioned by TechCrunch regarding whether the redundancies were driven by the increasing prevalence of AI-assisted coding.

The technological behemoth declined to explain.

Microsoft has stated that the purpose of the redundancies is to reduce the number of management layers.