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AI is widely blamed for tech-sector layoffs, but the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS survey shows the opposite trend lately in the Information sector. Its layoffs-and-discharges rate eased to 1.0% in August 2026, the Information sector's JOLTS layoffs rate, down from 2.0% in June and 1.4% in July
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