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Gartner traces four-fifths of first-half AI layoffs to firms funding their own AI build-out
Of the 21% of first-half 2025 layoffs Gartner could link to AI at all, 17 points were legacy units cut to pay for AI engineers, salespeople and data center staff. Cuts from AI productivity gains stayed near 1%.
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