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1 of 10largest cases have the company naming AI as the reason. Together they hold 73% of the roles in the record
The biggest numbers are the ones companies explain least
The largest case where the company itself names AI as the reason is HP Inc. at 5,000 roles, the 8th largest in the record. The largest of all, UPS at 34,000, is graded Inferred, and the company says nothing about AI. Inferred cases, where the AI link is our analysis rather than the company's claim, hold 44% of all the roles in the record.
Do thisQuote the tier, and how the company put it, with the number. A 34,000 without them is a headline, not a fact.
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3 of 46cases dated 2026 are Verified: the volume grew and the evidence did not
AI-washing is measurable, and it cuts both ways
A company that later denies AI on the record leaves the record, whatever the press said. Across the whole record, 47 of 75 cases name no AI tool at all.
Do thisAsk for the tool and the workflow before you accept the reason. Silence on both is the signature.
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3×IBM's planned entry-level hiring for 2026, after HR automation that grew its headcount
Redeployment is only half-true
Accenture reports 85,000+ AI and data professionals as of March 2026. Klarna rehired human agents after quality fell. Allianz Partners announced no retraining and no redeployment target for the people it is cutting.
Do thisWrite the redeployment target into the announcement, or expect the reversal to be public too.
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13 of 14cases that name a specific HR function include HR Operations; Recruitment, the next most named, appears in 2
HR Operations is the epicenter
IBM, Paycom, Accenture, and Recruit Holdings are automating their own HR service delivery; Klarna, Salesforce, BT Group, UPS, Citigroup, and Nestlé are collapsing HR shared services alongside broader ops. Only 1 company-wide restructure (Goldman Sachs, on the OneGS 3.0 initiative) names an HR function at all, so this counts what companies said, not everywhere HR Ops absorbed the work.
Do thisIf you run shared services,
this is the chart for your CFO. Bring the denominator with it.
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2insurers entered the record in September 2026, Allianz Partners and ERGO Group, both naming AI and no tool
The next sector is insurance
On the watch list: The Hartford, Travelers, Aon, Acrisure (twice), WSIB, and Admiral Group. 46 of 75 cases are still Technology.
Do thisOutside tech, read the watch list before the record. It is where your sector shows up first.
