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Atlassian has announced it will cut 1,600 jobs — roughly 10% of its global workforce — citing a strategic pivot toward becoming an "AI-first company," following Block's dramatic 40% workforce reduction weeks earlier. The moves have intensified a contentious debate over whether tech companies are genuinely restructuring around AI capabilities or engaging in "AI washing" — using the technology as a convenient cover for conventional cost-cutting, with even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warning that some companies are blaming AI for layoffs they would have made regardless.