2026年5月7日 美国东部时间下午4:30 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：梅根·塞鲁洛（Megan Cerullo）
梅根·塞鲁洛是驻纽约的CBS财经观察（CBS MoneyWatch）记者，报道中小企业、职场、医疗、消费支出和个人理财领域内容。她经常做客CBS新闻24/7频道解读报道。
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职业介绍所挑战者、格雷与克里斯马斯公司（Challenger, Gray & Christmas）最新报告显示，人工智能已连续第二个月成为企业裁员的首要理由，占4月裁员总量的四分之一以上。
报告显示，上月与人工智能相关的裁员人数达21490人，占88387名总裁员人数的26%，这也是人工智能连续第二个月成为裁员的首要推动因素。
尽管人工智能常被归咎于造成失业和减少入门级岗位机会，但一些质疑者认为它并非唯一原因。部分企业转向人工智能战略后股价出现上涨，例如运动鞋制造商Allbirds，该公司宣布计划从鞋业转型聚焦人工智能后，股价飙升约600%。
挑战者公司的数据显示，4月整体裁员人数较3月增长38%，而与人工智能相关的裁员就发生在这一背景下。其中裁员规模最大的科技行业裁员人数达33361人。
部分科技企业表示，他们正将支出从劳动力转向更多投入人工智能领域的资本。
“无论单个岗位是否正在被人工智能取代，这些岗位对应的资金已经流向了人工智能领域，”挑战者、格雷与克里斯马斯公司职场专家、首席营收官安迪·挑战者（Andy Challenger）在声明中说道。
其他裁员原因
挑战者表示，其他推动裁员的因素还包括特朗普总统不断演变的关税议程以及伊朗局势。报告显示，2026年全年，“市场与经济状况”是最常被提及的裁员原因，涉及53058名裁员人员。
4月，公司倒闭是第二大裁员原因，其次是成本削减。
其他数据表明，人工智能正在影响部分白领岗位。在以往的自动化浪潮中，蓝领工人更易首当其冲。
据雅德尼研究公司（Yardeni Research）总裁埃德·雅德尼（Ed Yardeni）称，美国劳工统计局的数据为人工智能相关的失业提供了部分证据。3月，易受人工智能影响的专业和商业服务领域裁员人数较去年同期增加了15万人。
不过，雅德尼和其他经济学家表示，人工智能最终可能会创造就业岗位，因为它将催生大量几年前还不存在的新角色。
编辑：艾米·皮奇（Aimee Picchi）
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/musk-other-tech-leaders-signal-support-universal-basic-income-ai-fueled-layoffs/
AI emerges as a top cause of layoffs, accounting for 26% of April’s job cuts
May 7, 2026 4:30 PM EDT / CBS News
By Megan Cerullo
Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.
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Artificial intelligence is the leading reason companies cite for layoffs for the second straight month, accounting for more than one in four job cuts in April, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The report found 21,490 AI-related cuts last month, or 26% of the 88,387 total, marking the second straight month the technology has been the top driver of layoffs.
While AI is often blamed for job losses and fewer entry-level opportunities, some skeptics question whether it is the sole cause. Some companies have also seen stock gains after pivoting to AI, such as sneaker maker Allbirds, whose shares surged about 600% after announcing plans to shift away from footwear and toward AI.
AI-related layoffs came as overall job cuts rose 38% in April from March, Challenger found. The largest share — 33,361 cuts — occurred in the technology sector.
Some tech firms say they’re shifting spending away from labor to direct more capital toward AI.
“Regardless of whether individual jobs are being replaced by AI, the money for those roles is,” Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer for Challenger, Gray & Christmas, said in the statement.
Other reasons for job cuts
Other factors are driving layoffs, including President Trump’s evolving tariff agenda and the Iran war, Challenger said. Throughout 2026, “market and economic conditions” was the most cited reason, accounting for 53,058 cuts, the company found.
In April, company closures were the second most common reason for job cuts, followed by cost-cutting.
Other data suggests AI is affecting some white-collar jobs. In past automation cycles, blue-collar workers were more likely to bear the brunt.
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics offers some evidence of AI-related job losses, according to Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni. Layoffs in professional and business services — sectors vulnerable to AI — rose by 150,000 in March from a year earlier.
Still, Yardeni and other economists say AI could eventually create jobs by driving demand for new roles that did not exist just a few years ago.
Edited by Aimee Picchi
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/musk-other-tech-leaders-signal-support-universal-basic-income-ai-fueled-layoffs/
