What to consider if a company that made AI-related job cuts wants you back

NEW YORK (AP) — Companies around the world are increasingly citing artificial intelligence when slashing jobs, fueling anxiety that a lot more workers may lose their livelihoods to machines.Microsoft, Barclays Bank and supermarket chain Kroger are among the latest entries on a growing list of companies that have announced AI-related workforce reductions this year, including the elimination of jobs deemed redundant and positions shed to free up money for developing and deploying the technology.But the job cuts of the AI era, which are affecting tens of thousands of people, occasionally have an epilogue. Some companies, after discovering that AI models, applications and agents don't perform as well as expected, end up rehiring laid-off workers to fill eliminated positions.How common such reversals are is hard to know, but they are happening often enough to acquire trend status and a nickname: the “AI boomerang."“Two years ago, we said, ‘Would this happen?’ and now we’re saying, ‘Yes, it