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# job-loss softening

**Spin category:** The Cushion  
**Stories:** 4  

## Recent Stories

- [German software giant SAP says it's encouraging workers to invent new, more valuable jobs aided by AI, to try to avoid layoffs; SAP cut nearly 10K staff in 2024 (Jim Tankersley/New York Times)](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/german-software-giant-sap-says-itaposs-encouraging-workers-to-invent-new-more-valuable-jobs-aided-by-ai-to-try-to-avoid-) — July 2, 2026
- [Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-data-leak) — June 22, 2026
- [Anthropic Backtracks Spyware Targeting Chinese Users After Controversy - The Information](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/anthropic-backtracks-spyware-targeting-chinese-users-after-controversy-the-information) — July 1, 2026
- [A grim job outlook meets a scrappy workforce as administrative assistants harness AI - AP News](https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/a-grim-job-outlook-meets-a-scrappy-workforce-as-administrative-assistants-harness-ai-ap-news) — July 2, 2026

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