General Motors Cuts 600 IT Positions to Hire AI Engineers
General Motors laid off 10% of its IT department, cutting about 600 salaried positions to make room for AI-focused roles. The company is actively recruiting experts in AI-native development, data engineering, cloud-based engineering, prompt engineering and model development to build systems and train models from the ground up.
1. GM Lays Off 10% of IT Staff
General Motors has eliminated over 10% of its IT department, removing approximately 600 salaried positions in a strategic move to reshape its workforce. Leadership describes this as a deliberate skills swap rather than a cost-cutting measure alone.
2. Shift Toward AI-Focused Hiring
The layoffs are intended to create vacancies for specialists in AI-native development, data engineering, cloud-based engineering, prompt engineering and agent/model development. GM aims to source talent capable of designing AI systems, training models and engineering data pipelines from scratch.
3. Automotive Industry AI Job Cuts
Combined job cuts at Ford, GM and Stellantis have exceeded 20,000 U.S. salaried roles this decade, representing 19% of their collective workforce. These reductions largely stem from technological shifts toward AI, with GM emphasizing ongoing recruitment to build its AI capabilities.