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AI layoffs, in the employer’s own words

Every layoff we attribute to AI carries the company’s own statement, quoted verbatim, with a link to where they said it. This is the receipt behind the AI number: not inference, not press framing, the employer’s words. Filter it, quote it, check it.

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1 AI attributions · 4,500 jobs · 2026 · each with the employer’s quote and its source.
  • Dow Inc. AI named among the causes
    “Transform to Outperform targets the addition of at least $2 billion in near-term Op. EBITDA, in part by utilizing AI and automation to deliver step change in growth and productivity and improve shareholder returns”
    4,500 jobs 2026-01-29 Multiple countries Manufacturing Source See the source →

How these are chosen: a cut appears here only when the employer named AI or automation as a cause in words we can quote, confirmed by two independent passes, with the source on file. Investment in AI, a future projection, or AI used to pick who goes does not qualify. This is the strict, quotable standard; the tracker also has a broader AI-linked measure, labelled separately. Full methodology →