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Layoffs Blamed on AI: Twelve-Month Total
Jobs cut over the past twelve months in layoffs where the employer named AI or automation as the reason, monthly
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Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
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Killed by AI (killedbyai.net), CC BY 4.0. Layoffs where the company, its CEO or a filing blamed AI or automation, by announcement month, worldwide. Hand-curated: it counts what gets reported, not every layoff, and past months change as entries are added. A large announcement stays in the total for twelve months, then drops out.
The rolling twelve-month count of jobs employers themselves said they cut because of AI. It smooths out single announcements to show whether the number companies attribute to AI is growing.
What this chart reads
- Layoffs Blamed on AI · Jobs Cut, 12-Month Total (Killed by AI)as “Jobs cut, past 12 months”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Layoffs Blamed on AI · Jobs Cut, 12-Month Total (Killed by AI). Source: Killed by AI (killedbyai.net), CC BY 4.0, the AI layoffs tracker (killedbyai.net/layoffs/, data at killedbyai.net/layoffs.json), maintained by Patrik Rojan. Palanor sums entries by announcement month and refreshes daily.
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