GM cuts 600 IT jobs to hire AI specialists for autonomy

General Motors on May 11 eliminated roughly 600 salaried information-technology positions, more than 10% of its IT staff, and is recruiting engineers and scientists with AI-native, data and cloud skills to support its autonomous-driving programs.

GM described the change as a transformation of its Information Technology organization to better position the company for the future, characterizing the action as a reallocation of talent rather than a simple headcount reduction.

The automaker is replacing many traditional software roles with jobs focused on machine learning, cloud infrastructure and prompt engineering for large models. Current job postings list experience in model development, agent and model tooling, data pipelines, analytics and cloud-native architectures.

In August 2024 GM cut about 1,000 software jobs and announced plans to redirect resources to artificial intelligence and product quality work for its vehicles. Combined with the May 11 reductions, the company has removed roughly 1,600 traditional tech roles in under two years while posting openings that emphasize AI, data and cloud expertise.

GM elevated Sterling Anderson to chief product officer in 2025. Anderson co-founded Aurora, an autonomous-vehicle startup. His appointment coincides with the staffing changes and the company’s stated focus on integrating autonomy and AI capabilities into its product roadmap.

GM has not provided a timeline for filling the new positions or detailed information on severance and support for affected employees.

The company’s staffing shift places more engineering resources into autonomous-driving software, data tooling and cloud-based development, areas GM leadership has identified as priorities for future vehicle features and software services.