Goldman Sachs Sees AI Replacing 16,000 US Jobs a Month as Tech Cuts Persist
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Updated · Gulte · May 25
Goldman Sachs Sees AI Replacing 16,000 US Jobs a Month as Tech Cuts Persist
6 articles · Updated · Gulte · May 25
16,000 US jobs a month are being replaced by AI models, Goldman Sachs said, sketching a sustained labor shift as major tech companies keep pushing automation.
Telephone operators and computer programmers face heightened exposure in the bank’s assessment, underscoring which roles are most vulnerable to the current AI rollout.
Meta, Microsoft and Google were cited among companies reshaping workforces around AI, extending a wave of tech-sector job cuts that has run for the past two years.
Microsoft, Uber and NVIDIA have also found some AI deployments more expensive than human labor, suggesting cost pressures could slow layoffs or revive hiring if companies pull back.
AI is now more expensive than human workers. Will the tech industry's mass layoff trend finally reverse?
Is AI's true value not in replacing humans, but in augmenting them for greater growth and profit?
With AI models facing collapse from bad data, is human oversight becoming more critical than ever?
Navigating the AI Disruption: How Automation Is Reshaping US Jobs, Sectors, and Economic Policy (2025-2026)
Overview
Artificial intelligence is starting to have a real and complex impact on the US job market in 2025-2026. While the overall job market remains surprisingly resilient, thanks in part to strong growth in healthcare, AI is expected to automate up to a quarter of all work hours in the US. Experts predict a much larger global impact, with hundreds of millions of jobs exposed to automation. Even though AI is boosting worker productivity and fueling hopes for economic growth, this has not led to broad job gains outside a few sectors, highlighting the uneven effects of AI across the economy.