Is Texas workforce prepared for AI? Texas Senate committee considers.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, takes his seat before a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House, on Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. OpenAI's ChatGPT is the most used AI platform in the U.S. despite mounting controversy of recent deal with the Pentagon and data center concerns. A state Senate committee is hoping to ready the Texas workforce for artificial intelligence as layoff concerns mount .

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Scoop News DeskTexas · Published Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 10:42 AM UTCUpdated Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC

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Other companies with Austin offices — Cisco, Cognizant, Expedia, Meta and PayPal — have had AI-driven layoffs this year, with companies like Round Rock-based Dell Technologies Inc., Austin-based Tesla Inc. and Microsoft cutting jobs in the past year too.

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