AI, economic pressures and other causes of Big Tech layoffs

Carrie Pallardy, TechTarget, 27 August 2026

August, 2026

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TECHTARGET:

It is impossible to talk about the current wave of layoffs without bringing up AI and its ability to automate work. But zoomed in, the forces behind the Big Tech layoffs are more complicated.

“I’m still not seeing a correlation between AI productivity and those layoffs,” said Grant Zallis, managing partner of emerging technology at executive recruiting firm DHR Global.

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