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Top tobacco company to cut thousands of jobs

British American Tobacco is planning to cut about 20% of its workforce as it moves forward with using artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape its operations with the goal of lowering costs and boosting profits.The maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes said Monday it plans to cut around 5,500 jobs and outsource about 3,500 roles to third-party firms, including Accenture. The restructuring would impact about 9,000 employees total, while excluding the U.S.BAT didn't specify where the jobs would be cut as its main profit driver of traditional tobacco faces a long-term decline amid the rise...