- About 3,900 people lost their jobs because of artificial intelligence in May, a new report found.
- It’s the first time AI is listed as a cause in Challenger, Gray, and Christmas’s monthly report.
- It’s the latest piece of evidence that AI will disrupt a significant number of jobs.
Almost 4,000 people who were laid off in May lost their jobs because of artificial intelligence, and it’s the first time AI has been listed in the monthly report from Challenger, Gray, and Christmas.
Some 3,900 of the over 80,000 job cuts that took place in May were attributed to AI, the report found. Other listed reasons that cost more jobs include things like market and economic conditions, cutting costs, restructuring, or mergers and acquisitions.
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