Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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Challenger report says AI remained the leading year-to-date reason for U.S. job cuts
Challenger, Gray & Christmas said U.S. employers announced 43,281 job cuts in September and 90,787 hiring plans, while AI remained the leading year-to-date reason for cuts through September.
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Cognizant says it will hire 1,500 U.S. graduates and grow a 15,000-person Frontier job family
Cognizant said it plans to hire 1,500 U.S. college graduates in 2026 and scale Frontier Certified Engineer and Frontier Business Operator roles to 15,000 people.
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CompTIA says AI-related postings topped 320,000 as tech companies cut 14,700 roles in August
CompTIA’s August analysis points to a mixed tech labor market, with more than 320,000 AI-related postings and staffing cuts at technology companies.
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Dallas Fed sees early AI automation effects in Texas job postings
A Dallas Fed analysis says AI automation exposure has already shown up in Texas job postings, while an Indeed Hiring Lab note says AI may help break the current low-hire, low-fire pattern.
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Bank of Canada says AI is starting to make hiring harder in exposed occupations
The Bank of Canada says AI is making it harder for some Canadians to find work in occupations most exposed to it, even as it does not see broad changes in the overall labor market structure.
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Challenger says AI stayed the top stated reason for July layoffs as hiring also rose
Challenger, Gray & Christmas said AI was the leading stated reason for July job cuts for a fifth straight month, even as employers also announced more hiring plans.
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No fresh AI-and-jobs event could be verified in the last 48 hours
No qualifying AI-and-jobs development could be verified from the last 48 hours. The closest evidence-backed item was Revelio Labs’ AI Labor Market Tracker launch on July 28, 2026, which falls outside the requested window.
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Apollo’s AI paper points to weaker pay growth, not just layoffs
Apollo Global Management’s new white paper, as reported by Axios, argues that AI exposure is showing up in slower wage growth for some occupations more than in headline job losses.