Snap is laying off 16 percent of its workforce, blames AI

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Snap is laying off around 1,000 staff, amounting to 16 percent of its workforce, which it will seemingly replace with AI.

The cuts were announced in a company-wide memo from CEO Evan Spiegel, who adde