Factbox-Companies cutting jobs as investments shift toward AI FILE PHOTO: A message reading "AI artificial intelligence", a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo · Reuters Reuters Tue, October 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM EDT 3 min read MSFT +0.78% FICO +0.85% AMZN +1.95% HPQ +0.83% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Companies spanning tech giant Microsoft to credit-scoring agency FICO have announced layoffs this year, deepening concerns that AI adoption will upend established industries, with job losses emerging in sectors most exposed to automation.
Below is a table of AI-linked global layoffs announced since October 2025. Entries with no specified number are placed at the bottom.
(Reporting by Romolo Tosiani, Enrico Sciacovelli and Philippe Leroy Beaulieu in Gdansk, Additional reporting by Anshuman Tripathy, Angela Christy M; Editing by Matt Scuffham, Milla Nissi-Prussak, Jonathan Ananda, Devika Syamnath and Shilpi Majumdar)
