'AI-washing' and 'forever layoffs': Why companies keep cutting jobs, even amid record profits
- Posted on February 10, 2026
- By Fortune
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'AI-washing' and 'forever layoffs': Why companies keep cutting jobs, even amid record profits

The drip, drip, drip of layoffs at mostly healthy companies like ASML and Amazon is fueling a sense that—because of AI or not—no one’s job is safe.