This is the same thing. Any layoffs happening today don't really have anything to do with AI. The company just needs to do layoffs, and saying "we have layoffs because of AI" sounds better than "we have layoffs because revenues are worse than we expected".
The product marketing mentions AI.
I asked a staff data scientist (has been with company for several years) if AI is used in our products.
"No."
It's quite amazing how pervasive Fraud & pseudo-Fraud is in the American economy. Regulators seem to turn a blind eye to so much of it. A recent example I saw was Food adulteration, with things such as sawdust [0]
[0] "31 Foods You're Eating That Contain Sawdust" https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/a20...
I do think it's fun to point out in the ingredients list, sometimes it's a little unexpected, like on a bag of chips. "Mmm, sawdust" is kind of funny because it sounds bad but is completely harmless.
These days a lot of companies seem to be we have layoffs because everyone else is doing it and shareholders want short term gain.
This is why we need to pay CEOs so much: it's important to have a top-talent to ape the decisions that "everyone else" is making.