Microsoft Layoffs Hit Coders Hardest With AI Costs on the Rise

Microsoft Corp.’s recently announced job cuts fell hardest on the people who build the company’s products, showing that even software developers are at risk in the age of artificial intelligence.

In Microsoft’s home state of Washington, software engineering was by far the largest single job category to receive layoff notices, making up more than 40% of the roughly 2,000 positions cut, according to state documents reviewed by Bloomberg.

Microsoft on Tuesday said it would cut about 6,000 workers across the company. The Washington state data represents about a third of the total.

As Microsoft and its rivals make steep ...