AI Fear & Greed Index

> Track the emotional sentiment of artificial intelligence news and community opinion. Get insights into market psychology and AI development trends.

> Signals Behind the Index

30-day trend, topic mix, story drivers, company mentions, and workforce impact signals.

Latest data: 2026-07-13

30-Day Sentiment Path

2026-06-14 to 2026-07-13

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AI Workforce Impact Tracker

Events are labeled by evidence strength, not assumed causality.

Watchlist
107,027
Known roles affected
34
Tracked events
55,236
2025 known roles
40,170
2026 known roles
Company totals since 2023
Amazon
2 events · latest 2026-01-28
30,000
Microsoft
2 events · latest 2026-04-23
15,000
Accenture
1 events · latest 2025-09-26
11,000
Meta
3 events · latest 2026-04-23
9,600
IBM
1 events · latest 2023-05-02
7,800
HP
1 events · latest 2025-11-25
6,000
Dow
1 events · latest 2026-01-29
4,500
2025-2026 source-backed timeline
Covalen / Meta contractor · 720 roles at risk
Covalen told Dublin staff that 720 roles were at risk, including more than 500 AI annotation jobs on Meta projects, as Meta reduced reliance on third-party vendors while deploying more advanced AI systems.
2026-04-27
Microsoft · voluntary retirement offered to about 8,750 U.S. employees
Microsoft offered voluntary retirement packages while ramping AI spending and reporting AI completion of a material share of coding work; accepted exits were not yet known.
2026-04-23
Meta · about 8,000 employees
Meta planned to cut about 10% of staff in an efficiency push amid rising AI infrastructure costs.
2026-04-23
Snap · about 1,000 employees
Snap cut 16% of its workforce and said rapid AI advances enabled teams to reduce repetitive work and increase velocity.
2026-04-15
Atlassian · about 1,600 employees
Atlassian cut 10% of staff, saying the move would free resources for AI and enterprise sales.
2026-03-12
Ocado · about 1,000 employees
Ocado cut about 1,000 jobs after completing major robotics and digital systems and citing AI productivity gains in software engineering.
2026-02-26
Block · more than 4,000 employees
Block said smaller teams using AI could automate more work and cut more than 4,000 employees.
2026-02-26
Dow · about 4,500 jobs
Dow said it would cut about 4,500 jobs while shifting emphasis toward artificial intelligence and automation.
2026-01-29
Amazon · 16,000 corporate jobs
Amazon confirmed 16,000 additional corporate cuts as it pushed AI and efficiency, bringing the October-January total near 30,000.
2026-01-28
Pinterest · roughly 700 employees
Pinterest planned to cut less than 15% of staff while reallocating resources to AI-focused roles and AI-powered products.
2026-01-27

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Towards Data Science🤑 Greed

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The Verge🤑 Greed

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The Verge🤑 Greed

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The Verge😰 Fear

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MIT Technology Review🤑 Greed

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