Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-11-03 10:30Group 1 - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the potential for a hiring restart within a year, contingent on existing employees learning to collaborate with AI [1] - The transformation process involves "forgetting" outdated habits and "relearning" new skills to work effectively with AI tools [1] - Employees are expected to master how to give precise instructions to AI, review and optimize AI outputs, and focus more on strategic decision-making and creative problem-solving [1] Group 2 - Microsoft has undergone multiple rounds of layoffs, including approximately 9,000 employees in July, affecting nearly 4% of its global workforce [3] - Cumulatively, Microsoft has reduced over 7% of its global workforce since the beginning of the year, bringing the total employee count down to 219,000 [3] - Despite layoffs, Microsoft continues to heavily invest in AI, with a total investment of $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019 [3] Group 3 - Microsoft reported a 12% year-over-year increase in net profit to $27.7 billion, with the impact of its investment in OpenAI contributing $3.086 billion to net profit, a significant increase from $523 million the previous year [3] - The investment in OpenAI has solidified Microsoft's major shareholder status and resulted in a $250 billion Azure services deal [4] Group 4 - Following the release of better-than-expected financial results, Microsoft's stock price fell, leading to a market value drop of over $200 billion, with the stock closing at $571.81 and a market cap of $3.85 trillion [5]