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334 Claimed 1,100% increase in AI-driven layoffs in 2025 might be misleading — firms accused of exaggerating AI performance to downplay poor business performance

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/09/2026 12:25 EDT

Claimed 1,100% increase in AI-driven layoffs in 2025 might be misleading — firms accused of exaggerating AI performance to downplay poor business performance

AI might not be as big a cause of layoffs and redundancies as the companies enacting them might claim, and even when they are, it might be too much and far too soon, according to new bodies of research collated by Sherwood.

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