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The technology sector shed approximately 81,700 jobs in Q1 2026 — the worst quarterly figure since Q1 2023's 102,400 cuts — with nearly half attributed to AI and automation. The layoffs coincide with Big Tech's combined $725 billion in AI capital expenditure commitments, raising questions about whether workers are being displaced by genuine automation or sacrificed to fund speculative infrastructure bets that reward shareholders in the short term.