According to the report, AI eliminated nearly 4,000 US jobs in May

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by US companies was responsible for laying off nearly 4,000 jobs in the US alone in May. Data provided by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, one of the world’s most respected relocation and career transition companies.

According to the report, layoff notices issued by US employers marks more than 80,000 layoffs last month. Analysts say that 3,900 of the total is the result of using artificial intelligence to perform organizational tasks.

This makes productive technology the seventh villain to be cited by employers as a cause of job losses. Total layoffs in May represent a 20% increase over the previous month and Almost four times more unemployed than in the same period in 2022.

The ups and downs of productive AI

While AI first appeared as a cause of job losses in the Challenger report, many scenario forecasters saw the revolutionary technology as a “job eater.”

A report by investment bank Goldman Sachs in March predicted that the use of artificial intelligence could lead to the loss of 300 million full-time jobs, or one-fifth of the jobs on the planet. leading companies such as newspaper Washington post and website CNET already taking the lead, forcing ChatGPT to do the job of reporters and editors.

In both cases, the articles produced had to be rewritten by humans. to detect plagiarism. In another case of incompetent replacement, a chatbot was introduced into an eating disorder hotline to replace human workers joining unions. AI had to be shut down recently after giving users indigestible dietary advice.