The firm that's counted this stuff since 1993 gets to less than half that number.
“AI-attributed layoffs in the US reached ~205,000 workers through August 2026, matching the full-year 2025 total in under eight months, with automation cited in more than half of all major documented workforce reductions.”
ResumePulse August 2026 tracker, as reported by Outsource Accelerator News
Recorded 24 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.
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“AI is dramatically accelerating AI research at Anthropic right now, roughly doubling the pace of capabilities progress.”
TRUE, BUTLab Not FieldAjeya Cotra on Planned Obsolescence, reading METR's assessment and Anthropic's S-1 statement that it may imminently meet its own threshold
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