Israel-based website-building platform Wix.com Ltd. announced on Thursday that it will cut roughly 20% of its global workforce, eliminating about 1,000 positions in what the company described as a major restructuring. Chief Executive and co-founder Avishai Abrahami said the reductions are primarily driven by the rapid integration of artificial intelligence tools, which the firm is using to automate tasks in content creation, customer support, data entry, and basic coding. He called the shift to AI the most significant change in corporate structure since the invention of modern programming languages and confirmed that many of the affected roles will be directly replaced by automated systems. Israel’s currency dynamics also played a key role in the decision, Abrahami said, noting that Wix generates most of its revenue in U.S. dollars but pays more than 60% of its 5,277 employees in Israeli shekels. The shekel appreciated about 14% against the dollar in 2025 and strengthened a further 7% in the first five months of 2026, sharply increasing the company’s operating costs. The layoffs place Wix within a broader wave of technology-sector job cuts tied to AI adoption, with real-time tracker Skillsyncer reporting that U.S. tech companies have already eliminated more than 134,000 positions across 212 layoff events in 2026, including actions at firms such as Meta, Cisco, Intuit, and Groupon.
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هذا التوجه لاستبدال الذكاء الاصطناعي للوظائف لا يحدث في الخارج فقط. كما أن أسماء كبيرة مثل ميتا وسيسكو وإنتويت تقوم بأتمتة الأدوار. إذا كنت تعمل في مجال التكنولوجيا، فقد حان الوقت لرفع مستوى مهاراتك. فكر في التعرف على الذكاء الاصطناعي وكيف يتم استخدامه في مجالك.
يعيد الذكاء الاصطناعي تشكيل سوق العمل، وليس دائمًا لصالحنا. فقد تم فقدان أكثر من 134 ألف وظيفة تقنية هذا العام وحده. كن مرنًا واستمر في التعلم. تستحق الإعادة التوجيه إذا كنت تعرف شخصًا في مجال التكنولوجيا.
لم يتم تحديده في المصدر.
غير محدد في المصدر.
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