GM lays off hundreds of IT workers to hire AI native talent fast

Jobs shift to agent and model development

GM has reportedly laid off hundreds of IT employees while moving to recruit candidates with stronger AI capabilities. The company’s postings emphasize AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud engineering, and work tied to agent and model development. It also highlights prompt engineering and new AI workflows, signaling a rapid redesign of parts of its tech team around machine-focused skills.