15,676
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▲ 415% vs week of Feb 19
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
700
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 4% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 49 separate verified layoff events in 15 countries.
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.
- Klarna AI named among the causes
“It is doing the equivalent work of 700 full-time agents." (Klarna, on its OpenAI-powered AI assistant)”
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Biggest single cuts
| Barry Callebaut | 2,500 |
| Van Hool · Belgium | 2,250 |
| Omron | 2,000 |
| Apple | 2,000 |
| Unity Software Inc. | 1,800 |