IBM: 8,000 jobs cut across 1 verified AI-attributed event, 6 AI milestones. Verified from company statements and primary sources.
AI-attributed job cuts
Nov 4, 2025: 8,000 jobs. CEO Arvind Krishna: AI agents replaced hundreds of back-office roles. Shifted talent toward AI and quantum computing. Layoffs a 'direct outcome of automation.'
AI milestones
Dec 8, 2025: IBM acquires Confluent for $11B
Feb 27, 2025: IBM acquires HashiCorp
Feb 16, 2011: IBM Watson Wins Jeopardy!
May 11, 1997: IBM Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov
Jan 1, 1992: TD-Gammon — Reinforcement Learning via Self-Play
Jan 1, 1959: Arthur Samuel's Machine Learning Checkers Program