AI-related job cuts in first half of 2026 exceed full-year 2025 figures
Data from Layoffs.fyi reveals that 1.28 lakh workers have lost their jobs due to AI in the first six months of 2026, a figure that has already overtaken the total number of AI-driven layoffs for all of 2025. In the previous year, 1.24 lakh staff members were let go for AI-related reasons. The highest number of AI-linked job losses remains 2023, which saw a record 2.65 lakh employees laid off.
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