Tech CEOs Soften AI Mass-Layoff Warnings, Stress Job Retention

Leaders of major tech companies — including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon's Andy Jassy — are toning down their earlier warnings of mass AI-driven job cuts and shifting the emphasis toward productivity gains and preserving employment. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, this "narrative shift" tracks with a turn toward more negative public sentiment about AI.