AI-ontslagen deze week: 18 mei 2026 – 24 mei 2026

De grootste gebeurtenis van de week was Meta, met 8.000 geschrapte functies (About 10% of global workforce, plus ~6,000 open roles cancelled and ~7,000 employees redeployed into AI-focused teams, while AI capex was raised to $125-145B. On June 12, 2026 Zuckerberg told staff Meta had 'made mistakes' in the restructuring and ruled out further company-wide layoffs in 2026 - a softening of the restructuring plan, though the AI rationale itself was not retracted.). In de loop van de week raakten de ontslagen technologie.

Elk cijfer hieronder linkt naar de bedrijfstijdlijn en de openbare bron. Attributielabels volgen de methodologie.