 A slight improvement over May's 3.3% increase. Core inflation expected to stay at 3.4%. Intuit, the financial software company, says it will cut about 1,800 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, and close its facility in Boise, Idaho, as it pivots toward greater use of artificial intelligence. But the company plans to hire about the same number of people in engineering and sales and marketing starting next month. Intuit shares were down about 3.5%.