TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive
The automotive industry is experiencing significant job losses due to the rise of AI technologies. General Motors has laid off over 600 employees while seeking to hire individuals with AI-focused skills. Companies like Samsara are successfully leveraging AI for practical applications, such as pothole detection.
- ▪General Motors laid off more than 10% of its IT department, totaling about 600 salaried employees.
- ▪Ford, GM, and Stellantis have collectively cut over 20,000 U.S. salaried jobs, representing 19% of their workforces.
- ▪Companies are increasingly looking for employees skilled in AI-native development and data engineering.
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! There is a bit of a theme emerging in transportation — and really every industry: AI is creating jobs for some at the loss of others. General Motors, for instance, laid off more than 10% of its IT department, or about 600 salaried employees — in a deliberate skills swap. This won’t translate into a one-to-one exchange, which means there will likely be a net-negative job loss. But GM insists it is hiring and those layoffs have made room for it to recruit IT people with AI-focused backgrounds.
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