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AI layoffs, in their own words

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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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24 AI attributions · 78,314 jobs · 2025 · each with the employer’s quote and its source.
  • HP AI named among the causes
    “There are many things that today we have to do using people that in the future AI will do better and will do faster”
    4,000 jobs 2025-11-26 Multiple countries Technology News See the source →
  • Microsoft AI named among the causes
    “navigating a job search shaped by automation, AI tools, and broader industry belt-tightening”
    120 jobs 2025-11-24 United States Technology News See the source →
  • Chegg AI named as the cause
    “the new realities of AI and its impact on traffic”
    388 jobs 2025-10-27 United States Education News See the source →
  • Nestle AI named among the causes
    “due partly to automation”
    16,000 jobs 2025-10-16 Multiple countries Food & Hospitality News See the source →
  • TikTok AI named among the causes
    “TikTok is looking to replace the moderators with artificial intelligence-driven systems”
    439 jobs 2025-10-13 United Kingdom Media & Entertainment News See the source →
  • Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) AI named among the causes
    “AI-driven shifts”
    19,755 jobs 2025-09-30 Multiple countries Technology News See the source →
  • Accenture AI named among the causes
    “We are exiting on a compressed timeline people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills we need. Our overall workforce is positioned to grow in line with the future of digital and AI consulting”
    11,000 jobs 2025-09-27 Multiple countries Professional Services News See the source →
  • Fiverr AI named among the causes
    “AI can automate and streamline processes, liberate humans from manual and tedious tasks”
    229 jobs 2025-09-15 Israel Technology News See the source →
  • Salesforce AI named as the cause
    “I've reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I need less heads. So we have now done about a million-and-a-half conversations with customers, and at the same time, that's the agentic layer speaking to the customers”
    4,000 jobs 2025-09-02 United States Technology News See the source →
  • Atlassian AI named as the cause
    “replacing them with AI technology”
    150 jobs 2025-08-02 Australia Technology News See the source →
  • Commonwealth Bank AI named as the cause
    “describing its decision to axe 45 roles due to artificial intelligence”
    45 jobs 2025-07-21 Australia Finance & Insurance News See the source →
  • TikTok AI named as the cause
    “replace them with artificial intelligence”
    150 jobs 2025-07-18 Germany Media & Entertainment News See the source →
  • Amazon Web Services AI named as the cause
    “adoption of generative AI tools would trigger a workforce reduction”
    100 jobs 2025-07-18 United States Technology News See the source →
  • Indeed AI named among the causes
    “AI is changing the world, and we must adapt by ensuring our product delivers truly great experiences for job seekers and employers”
    1,300 jobs 2025-07-11 United States Technology News See the source →
  • Tata Consultancy Services AI named among the causes
    “The rise of AI and automation has accelerated this shift”
    12,000 jobs 2025-07-01 India Technology News See the source →
  • Business Insider AI named among the causes
    “there's a huge opportunity for companies who harness AI first”
    100 jobs 2025-05-29 United States Media & Entertainment News See the source →
  • Chegg AI named as the cause
    “Google and their expansion of AI Overviews continues to keep web traffic captive in the Google search experience and migrate search to Gemini”
    248 jobs 2025-05-13 United States Education News See the source →
  • CrowdStrike AI named among the causes
    “AI has always been foundational to how we operate. AI flattens our hiring curve, and helps us innovate from idea to product faster”
    500 jobs 2025-05-07 United States Technology News See the source →
  • ESW AI named among the causes
    “partly driven by AI efficiencies”
    45 jobs 2025-04-09 Ireland Technology News See the source →
  • Zomato AI named among the causes
    “The company also leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to automate its artificial intelligence (AI) for customer support functions in order to reduce costs for the company”
    600 jobs 2025-04-01 India Retail & E-commerce News See the source →
  • Autodesk AI named among the causes
    “Our investments in cloud, platform, and AI are ahead of our peers and enable Autodesk to provide more valuable and connected solutions”
    1,350 jobs 2025-02-27 Multiple countries Technology News See the source →
  • DBS Group AI named as the cause
    “DBS Group plans to reduce its workforce by 10% over the next three years due to increased AI adoption”
    4,000 jobs 2025-02-24 Singapore Finance & Insurance News See the source →
  • Workday AI named among the causes
    “Companies everywhere are reimagining how work gets done, and the increasing demand for AI has the potential to drive a new era of growth for Workday”
    1,750 jobs 2025-02-05 United States Technology News See the source →
  • Commonwealth Bank AI named as the cause
    “it won’t hire more people unless the job cannot be done by artificial intelligence”
    45 jobs 2025-01-01 Australia Finance & Insurance News 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 →