AI & Jobs 117 Days. 100,000 Tech Layoffs. The AI-Attribution Share Has Doubled in a Year and the Trackers All Crossed the Line on the Same Monday.
Three independent layoff trackers crossed the 100,000-tech-jobs-cut mark within hours of each other on Monday April 27. That is roughly 858 layoffs per day for 117 days. AI was named as the driver in 47.9% of Q1 cuts — up from 8% a year ago. The line was crossed quietly because the pace stopped being remarkable.