Microsoft Asks Hundreds of China-Based Staff Working on Cloud Computing and AI to Relocate Amid US-China Tensions
In response to escalating tensions between US and China over critical technology, Microsoft is reportedly asking hundreds of its China-based employees in cloud computing and artificial intelligence operations to consider transferring outside the country.
In response to escalating tensions between US and China over critical technology, Microsoft is reportedly asking hundreds of its China-based employees in cloud computing and artificial intelligence operations to consider transferring outside the country. The staff, primarily engineers of Chinese nationality, were recently offered the opportunity to relocate to various countries, including the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company is said to be approaching about 700 to 800 individuals involved in machine learning and other cloud computing-related work. Microsoft Announces To Invest 4 Billion Euros in Cloud and AI Infrastructure During ‘Choose France’ Summit, Promises to Growing Artificial Intelligence Economy of Country.
Microsoft Asks Staff to Relocate Outside China
BREAKING: The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is asking 'hundreds of employees' who are based in China and working on cloud-computing and artificial intelligence to 'consider transferring outside the country'
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