Sam Altman says AI is displacing jobs, but some companies are blaming it for layoffs they would've made anyway

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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• Sam Altman says some companies are blaming AI for layoffs that would've happened anyway.
• He told CNBC-TV18 that he didn't know what percentage of companies were "AI washing" layoffs.
• The OpenAI CEO said the "real impact of AI doing jobs" would be palpable in the next few years.

AI is shaking up the job market — but in some cases, companies are blaming the technology for layoffs they were already planning, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.