A pedestrian walks past Amazon Ireland corporate offices in Dublin, as Amazon.com, Inc., said on Tuesday it plans to cut its global corporate workforce by as many as 14,000 roles and seize the opportunity provided by artificial intelligence (AI), in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 28, 2025.
Damien Eagers | Reuters
Washington is increasingly focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on the American workforce, with a newly proposed bipartisan bill aiming to shed light on the issue.
Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) unveiled the AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act on Wednesday. This legislation would mandate publicly traded companies, select private firms, and federal agencies to submit quarterly reports to the Department of Labor. These reports would detail job losses, new hires, hiring slowdowns, and any other significant changes in their workforce directly attributable to the implementation or impact of AI technologies.
The Department of Labor would then consolidate this data into a publicly accessible report, providing a comprehensive overview of AI’s influence on employment trends.
“This bipartisan legislation will finally give us a clear picture of AI’s impact on the workforce,” Senator Warner stated. “Armed with this information, we can make sure AI drives opportunity instead of leaving workers behind.”
The bill surfaces amid growing concerns from politicians, labor advocates, and even some industry executives regarding the potential for AI to trigger widespread job displacement. These anxieties have been fueled by the rapid advancement of AI capabilities and their increasing integration into various sectors of the economy.
Earlier this year, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei cautioned that AI tools, including his company’s chatbot Claude, could eliminate up to half of all entry-level white-collar positions, potentially causing unemployment rates to soar to 20% within the next one to five years. This prediction underscores the potentially disruptive nature of AI in the labor market.
Recent layoff announcements across the tech, retail, auto, and shipping industries, including notable cuts at Amazon, UPS, and Target, have further heightened these concerns. While companies have cited various factors, including AI adoption, tariffs, shifting business priorities, and broader cost-cutting measures, the cumulative impact paints a concerning picture for the workforce.
These layoffs alone represent the elimination of over 60,000 jobs, raising questions about the true extent to which AI is contributing to workforce reductions versus other economic pressures. Some analysts speculate that companies may be leveraging AI as a convenient narrative to justify layoffs driven primarily by economic uncertainties, business missteps, or cost-reduction imperatives.
The proposed legislation seeks to circumvent this ambiguity by providing a clearer breakdown of AI’s specific contribution to employment trends. Deeper insights into sectors most affected, the degree of technological adoption and the specific skills rendered obsolete by AI is needed for a more complete picture.
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