41,853
US verified job cuts ▲ 6% vs Q4 2016
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
40
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 0% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 373 separate verified layoff events.
AI, in the employer’s own words 1 attribution this period, each with its source
This is the receipt behind the number above. Every cut we count as AI carries the company’s own statement, quoted verbatim, and a link to where they said it. Nothing here is inferred.
- BlackRock AI named as the cause
“BlackRock is cutting jobs and replacing them with artificial intelligence that can pick stocks”
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Biggest single cuts
| American Apparel, LLC · CA | 2,166 |
| Dell-EMC | 2,000 |
| San Diego Sportservice, Inc. · CA | 1,130 |
| Avaya Inc | 1,100 |
| Verizon Wireless · CA | 1,070 |