Uber cuts 10% of customer support roles and cites AI in global restructuring
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-07-26
A post says Uber is cutting 10% of its customer support staff worldwide and explicitly citing AI as one of the reasons for the restructuring.
The key signal is not a product launch, but a large company using AI as part of a real operating change: support work is being reduced as automation takes on more of the workload.
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