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AI washing
Companies blaming AI for layoffs when no real implementation exists.
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#2 22 Mar
Linked to Dell shedding 27% of its workforce since fiscal 2023
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Dell quietly cut 36,000 over three years#2 22 Mar
Attributed to 20.4% of 45,363 Q1 2026 tech layoffs, per RationalFX
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: One in five Q1 tech layoffs blame AI#2 22 Mar
Contradicted by HBR finding only 2% of organisations fully replaced roles
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Only 2% of layoffs tied to real AI: HBR#2 22 Mar
Identified in Orgvue survey as source of wrong decisions by 55% of leaders
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: 55% of firms regret their AI layoffs#2 18 Mar
Invoked by Crypto.com to justify cutting 12% of workforce
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Crypto.com cuts 180 after $70m AI domain#1 17 Mar
Warner and Hawley bill would log AI layoffs
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: One in three US workers now uses LLMs
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: US payrolls miss by 142,000 in February
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: Pinterest cuts 15%, stock falls anyway
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: Oxford Economics: AI layoffs overstated
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 13 Mar
Mentioned in: Meta plans to cut 16,000 jobs
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 25 Feb
Deployed by Jack Dorsey to justify cutting 40% of Block's workforce
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Dorsey axes 4,000 Block jobs in one day#2 2 Feb
Cited by Gartner as cause of cuts that 50% of firms will reverse by 2027
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Gartner: half of AI staff cuts to unwind#1 29 Jan