Automation

Oracle has acknowledged that AI-driven automation eliminated 21,000 positions in 2026, making it one of the most significant corporate disclosures of AI's impact on employment.

A running list of major 2026 tech layoffs where companies explicitly cited AI, including GitLab cutting 14% of its workforce to fund AI infrastructure investment.

TCS expects AI agents to reduce future hiring as enterprise automation reshapes India’s $315 billion IT services sector.

WIRED examines how workplace AI training reflects growing pressure on employees to adapt as automation reshapes roles.

AI systems are getting better at completing certain cybersecurity tasks, intensifying debate over security automation and risk.

GM is cutting hundreds of IT roles while reallocating talent toward AI-related capabilities and changing technology needs.

A Chinese court ruled that cheaper AI automation alone does not justify firing workers, raising stakes for AI labor policy.

A global survey of nearly 38,000 workers finds that only one-third of the most active AI users feel confident their jobs are secure amid rapid automation.

As AI labs raise prices, enterprise spending on AI could shift from a competitive advantage to a financial liability, Axios reports.

A Bloomberg poll finds nearly half of UK business leaders expect AI to lower employment levels in Britain within ten years, signaling growing workforce anxiety.

A growing wave of corporate layoffs in 2026 is being attributed to AI adoption, with Snap, Oracle, and others cutting thousands of jobs to fund AI investments.

AI agents are increasingly operating autonomously in enterprise settings, raising urgent questions about identity, accountability, and governance frameworks.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said AI will eliminate many humanities jobs while creating ample opportunities for workers with vocational and technical training.

New Wall Street research shows AI is measurably displacing roughly 16,000 net U.S. jobs per month, with effects modest but real and growing.

Alongside its superapp plans, OpenAI is building an 'AI research intern' designed to automate multi-day scientific research tasks, with a launch expected by September 2026 and a longer-term goal of a fully automated multi-agent research system by 2028.

OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy published and then removed an AI-generated analysis of US labor market exposure to automation, revealing that professionals earning over $100,000 annually face the highest risk scores, while low-wage manual workers face the least.

Cursor has introduced 'Automations,' a new agentic coding framework that automatically triggers AI agents based on code changes, Slack messages, or timers — eliminating the need for constant human prompting and enabling continuous background tasks like security audits and incident response.

A viral essay predicting an AI-driven 'global intelligence crisis' and subsequent mass layoffs have fueled a growing 'AI scare trade' as the threat of AI replacing white-collar jobs becomes a reality.

Microsoft introduced Copilot Tasks, a new AI agent feature that runs autonomously on a cloud PC to complete multi-step tasks on behalf of users, transforming Microsoft Copilot from a conversational assistant into a proactive action-taker.

A Guardian investigation reveals how AI-driven job fears are prompting workers and students to abandon computer science, coding, and administrative roles in favour of healthcare and skilled trades.