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The company is embedding AI across its legal (Westlaw), tax, and regulatory products, positioning itself as an AI business. The move mirrors similar restructurings at GitLab and other tech firms, raising questions about whether AI productivity or broader cost-cutting is the real driver. Thomson Reuters shares rose ~5% on the news. The cuts are part of a broader 2026 tech layoff wave affecting ~120,000 workers across 228 companies. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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