AI-ontslagen deze week: 17 aug 2026 – 23 aug 2026

De grootste gebeurtenis van de week was Apple, met 200 geschrapte functies (Apple cut more than 200 roles, split roughly evenly between the Vision Pro group (a Vision Pro gaming team largely shut down, plus its immersive-video unit trimmed) and the Siri / software and Intelligent Systems Experience teams. Apple confirmed the reorganisation, framing it as a shift toward a new AI-powered Siri built on a different technical architecture and a reassessment of areas where adoption lagged (Vision Pro). Logged as mixed: an explicit AI pivot on the Siri side, cost/adoption discipline on the Vision Pro side.). 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.