Microsoft plans first voluntary employee buyout: Report

Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the Windows maker’s 51-year history, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing a memo. Like other U.S. tech giants, Microsoft has been spending aggressively on artificial intelligence. But adoption of one of its flagship AI services, the 365 Copilot, has reached just slightly over 3% ‌of its ⁠total 450 ⁠million 365 customers.

The one-time retirement program will be open to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below, whose years of employment and age add up to 70 years or more, CNBC reported.