AI & Jobs Gartner, May 5 / Fortune, May 11: 80% of Companies Piloting AI Cut Staff — and the Layoffs Have Zero Correlation With ROI. Anthropic's CEO Quietly Walks Back the 「Half of White-Collar Jobs」 Claim the Same Week.
Gartner surveyed 350 executives at $1B+ companies. 80% who piloted AI cut staff. The cut rate is the same for high-ROI and low-ROI groups. The same week, Dario Amodei walks back his 「half of white-collar jobs」 prediction. Both stories landed on May 11.