Aug 9, 2026 - Daily AI Toll

TikTok 250

85% · source

TikTok is laying off 250 employees and closing its Nashville office, which housed some members of TikTok's content-moderation team. The cuts come as social media companies rely more on AI to monitor and remove violent or explicit content on their platforms.

Zillow 500

65% · source

Seattle-based online real estate company Zillow Group laid off more than 500 employees Tuesday, about 7% of its global workforce, its second and largest round of cuts this year. Wacksman told real estate executives at the T3 Leadership Summit in April that Zillow employees were being retrained to use AI in their jobs, with gains that 'are small, but they're compounding.'

Etsy 220

50% · source

CEO Kruti Patel Goyal said neither cost cuts nor artificial intelligence drove the downsizing, but also said that 'AI is changing how all of us work.'

Google 52

55% · source

A Washington state WARN notice published on 5 August said Google planned to lay off 52 employees on 5 October.