Getty / Futurism The tech industry is roiling from sweeping layoffs affecting tens of thousands of workers. Executives are citing AI as the reason for the deep cuts, in contentious claims undermined by persistent shortcomings of the tech that continue to rear their ugly head. Instead of mass firing staffers, OpenAI — the company that kickstarted today’s corporate AI fever with the release of ChatGPT in 2022 — is looking to almost double its headcount as so