US employers announced 97,000 job cuts in May — and AI was blamed for 40% of the

The steady drumbeat of headlines warning that artificial intelligence is disrupting the workforce has left many workers wondering whether their jobs could be next.

New data suggests those concerns aren't going away anytime soon.

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U.S.-based companies announced more than 97,000 planned job cuts in May, marking the highest level for the month since the pandemic-era layoffs of 2020, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas (1). Employers cited AI as the primary reason for 40% of those announced job cuts.

Still, some experts caution against assuming every layoff attributed to AI is the result of a machine replacing a worker.

"Roles involving repetitive tasks that primarily require recognition and interpretation of patterns can utilize AI with greater efficiency," Chris Hutchins, founder and CEO of Hutchin

Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/us-employers-announced-97-000-143000676.html)