Any thoughts on this is simply a 'pause' because of the unknown. Corporations hate hiring when going into the unknown time period. For better or worse, manage

Any thoughts on this is simply a 'pause' because of the unknown. Corporations hate hiring when going into the unknown time period. For better or worse, managers don't understand AI, and it is pretty hyped. There could be hiring freezes just in anticipation of 'some change is coming so we should pause hiring just in case'.