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A split-screen photojournalistic still — left half a humming hyperscale data center hall lit blue, right half an empty open-plan office at dusk with a single desk lamp and a half-packed cardboard box, harsh editorial lighting, shot on 35mm, no text, no people

May 9, 2026 • 11 min read

55% of Bosses Regret AI Layoffs. Zuckerberg Doesn't.

Two AI layoff waves are happening at once and they look identical from the outside. Hyperscalers are firing tens of thousands of workers to fund $725 billion in chip buys. Mid-market firms that fired humans to deploy AI are quietly hiring them back. Forrester and Orgvue both put the regret rate at 55%. Klarna already reversed. Zuckerberg won't.