For years, modern work has run on a quiet agreement: as long as everyone looks busy, we’ll call it productivity. The problem? No one seems to challenge to whether any of it moves the business forward. AI makes some kinds of work look embarrassingly like BS.

Is AI really to blame for all of the layoffs attributed to it in 2025? Thanks to a new bipartisan proposal, the AI‑Related Jobs Impact Clarity Act, we may soon find out. The C‑suite will soon have to prove when workforce changes are actually caused by AI-not just say so in a press release.

Over 1.1M jobs cut in 2025. 42% of AI projects abandoned. Why companies are losing the bet and what CHROs must do now.