MixedMay 11, 2026· Automotive
General Motors
On May 11, 2026, General Motors announced 600 job losses. The company cited AI alongside other factors.
Jobs lost
600~
US jobs
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Workforce
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% of workforce
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Editorial note
Roughly 500–600 salaried IT workers (more than 10% of the IT department), concentrated in Austin, TX and Warren, MI, cut May 11 in a deliberate "skills swap" while GM hires AI-native talent. GM's formal statement was generic, but CPO Sterling Anderson said on the record that AI and 'the tremendous growth of coding agents is probably also a factor,' alongside cost pressure and restructuring — hence Mixed. The figure is a press estimate; no WARN/US-specific number, so it is not added to the US counter.
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