AI And Economic Pressures Reshape Tech Jobs Amid Layoffs
ComputerWorld, Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Tech layoffs have continued as AI adoption and economic pressures drive a major shift toward new roles and skills in the workforce.
Tech layoffs have continued in 2025. Much of that is being blamed on a combination of a slower economy and the adoption of automation via artificial intelligence.
Nearly four in 10 Americans, for instance, believe generative AI (genAI) could diminish the number of available jobs as it advances, according to a study released in October by the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
And the World Economic Forum's Jobs Initiative study found that close to half (44%) of worker skills will be disrupted in the next five years - and 40% of tasks will be affected by the use of genAI tools and the large language models (LLMs) that underpin them.