AI layoffs this week: Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026

The largest event of the week was Apple, with 200 roles cut (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.). Across the week, cuts touched technology.

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