Last week, Rivian, which makes an electric pickup, SUV and Amazon fleet van, announced it was laying off 10% of its workforce to cut costs due to “economic and geopolitical pressures.” The company has announced three rounds of layoffs since July 2022. It also said it expected to shut down its Normal plant sometime in 2024 to upgrade its manufacturing line.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.