General Motors (GM) has just cut more than 10% of its personnel in the information technology (IT) division, equivalent to about 600 fixed-wage employees. However, this is not simply a staff streamlining, but is seen as a strategic transformation to build a workforce focused on artificial intelligence (AI).
According to information confirmed by the company to TechCrunch, GM is restructuring its IT organization to "have a better position for the future".
Although not disclosing details, many sources said that the company is proactively replacing traditional skill positions with AI-specialized personnel.
Skills that GM prioritizes recruiting include AI application development, data engineering and analysis, cloud computing, AI modeling, AI agents development, prompt engineering, and AI-based workflow design.
It is noteworthy that GM is not only looking for people who know how to use AI as a tool to support work, but also wants to recruit engineers who are capable of building AI systems from scratch, including architectural design, model training and operating process deployment.
In the past 18 months, GM has continuously cut office staff in many departments to focus resources on high-priority projects related to technology and AI. Previously, in August 2024, the company laid off about 1,000 software employees.
The strong changes in GM's technology team took place after engineer and famous businessman in the self-driving car field - Sterling Anderson joined the company in May 2025 as product director.
Anderson was once a veteran in the field of self-driving cars and is considered a factor promoting GM's strategy of merging individual technology divisions into a unified organization.
After the restructuring process, many senior technology leaders have left the company, including Baris Cetinok and Dave Richardson.
Along with the personnel reduction process, GM is also actively recruiting more AI experts. The company has appointed Behrad Toghi (former Apple employee) as AI leader since October last year. In addition, expert in artificial intelligence, robotics and self-driving car technology - Rashed Haq has also been brought in to be in charge of self-driving cars.
Experts believe that GM's move reflects a new trend in global businesses when AI is no longer just a supporting tool, but is forcing corporations to rebuild the entire human resource structure and technological capacity.
