Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers

Patreon is laying disconnected 20 percent of its workers, oregon astir 93 employees, arsenic reported earlier by 404 Media. In a memo to employees, Patreon CEO Jack Conte writes that the company isn't making these changes "because we judge AI replaces humans," but says AI has "fundamentally transformed the tech industry, including however we work, however we physique products, however we communicate, and more."

That displacement has changed "how we run and organize," Conte writes.

During an interrogation connected Decoder, past month, Conte laid retired his stance connected AI, saying that the institution is "100 percent embracing" AI tools internally to proceed serving creators:

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