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Bonjour, c’est presque le week-end. Voici vos derniers articles de la semaine.
1. Meta et Microsoft suppriment des milliers d’emplois
Les entreprises technologiques Meta et Microsoft vont supprimer des milliers d’emplois. Meta va réduire son personnel de 10 %, ce qui représente près de 8 000 employés. En même temps, Microsoft propose une retraite anticipée à 7 % de ses employés américains. Cela va toucher plus de 8 000 personnes. Les patrons des deux entreprises disent que l’IA fait déjà le travail des employés humains. Le PDG de Microsoft affirme que l’IA écrit maintenant 30 % du code informatique de l’entreprise.
Vocabulaire: entreprises (f pl) = companies / supprimer = to cut / milliers (m pl) = thousands / emplois (m pl) = jobs / réduire = to cut / personnel (m) = staff / ce qui = which / près de = nearly / en même temps = at the same time / proposer = to offer / retraite anticipée (f) = early retirement / toucher = to affect / patrons (m pl) = bosses / IA (f) = AI / déjà = already / PDG (m) = CEO / affirmer = to claim / maintenant = now / code informatique (m) = computer code
English translation
Meta and Microsoft cut thousands of jobs
Tech companies Meta and Microsoft are going to cut thousands of jobs. Meta is going to cut its staff by 10%, which represents nearly 8,000 employees. At the same time, Microsoft is offering early retirement to 7% of its American workers. This is going to affect over 8,000 people. The bosses of the two companies say that AI is already doing the work of human employees. Microsoft’s CEO claims that AI now writes 30% of the company’s computer code.
