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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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3 AI attributions · 1,504 jobs · all-time · each with the employer’s quote and its source.
- Upwork AI named among the causes
“Two pizza teams are dead. AI means smaller, differently resourced teams in product and engineering can make a bigger impact than ever. (Upwork press release / SEC Form 8-K)”
- UKG AI named among the causes
“Company statement: "These actions span multiple functions and regions and reflect rapidly evolving market shifts — including changes in technology driven by AI, customer expectations, and how software companies compete." (South Florida Sun Sentinel (via Yahoo Finance))”
- UPS AI named as the cause
“UPS plans to lay off 404 workers at its Commerce City facility in January as it adds more automated processing equipment”
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 →