‘Workforce reductions may create budget room, but they do not create return’: Gartner warns companies relying on layoffs to free up room for AI may be caught out in the long run – United Cultures

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‘Workforce reductions may create budget room, but they do not create return’: Gartner warns companies relying on layoffs to free up room for AI may be caught out in the long run

May 7, 2026

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Companies are investing in agentic AI and laying off human workers, but Gartner says this is the wrong way to go about it.

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