The List

Over 22,000 workers displaced by AI-cited layoffs in 2026 so far. More than 35 CEOs named AI as the reason. Eight companies each cut more than 10,000. But a Harvard Business Review survey found that only 2% of companies made cuts based on actual AI implementation. The list tells two stories at once — and the gap between them is the real news. There is a list. It is not published in any single place, but it can be assembled from earnings calls, SEC filings, press releases, and layoff trackers. Over 22,000 workers have been displaced by AI-cited layoffs in 2026 through February. More than 35 chief executives have named artificial intelligence as the rationale for workforce reductions. In 2025, companies attributed 55,000 U.S. job cuts directly to AI — twelve times the number cited just two years earlier. The list is growing faster than the technology it references. The Eight Eight companies each announced AI-related cuts exceeding 10,000 workers. UPS: 48,000. Amazon: 30,000. Intel: 24,00