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Tech layoffs accelerate as AI automation looms

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Carmen Cracknell

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Latest figures show a strategic workforce shift, with major tech firms restructuring and offshoring.

Predictions and fears that AI will massively transform how humans work are widespread. New analysis from TradingPlatforms, drawing on data from TrueUp, TechCrunch, and US state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings, suggest those fears may be justified.

The data counts total global tech sector layoffs at over 100,000

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