SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Layoffs, on top of layoffs, have Silicon Valley tech industry experts warning about catastrophic outcomes after human employees are rapidly replaced with artificial intelligence.

Tech giants including Intel, Google, Oracle, and Salesforce all slashed humans from their workforces this September. An estimated 10,000 jobs were lost to AI within the first seven months of 2025.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the use of AI agents enabled him to cut his customer support division headcount by 4,000 jobs. “I’ve reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I need less heads," Benioff said.

On Wednesday, Benioff brought a human-sized robot into the office that was designed by Elon Musk's Tesla Optimus robotics team.

Benioff uploaded a video on X showing the Optimus

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