AlertThe impact of AI

A tsunami that is already here.

You are already starting to see the positive and negative impact of artificial intelligence: a tsunami that is creating an unprecedented social and economic crisis.

And the paradox:

there is only one solution: AI itself.

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What is bearing down on us

40%

of jobs worldwide are exposed to artificial intelligence.

60%

in advanced economies, Europe among them.

International Monetary Fund, January 2024.

The IMF has said it clearly.

40% of jobs worldwide are exposed to artificial intelligence, and in advanced economies, such as those of Europe, almost 60%.

Exposure does not yet mean disappearance, but the warning is serious. Entire professions are going to change radically or disappear, and millions of people will be left on the sidelines if nobody does anything.

We are not talking about decades: it is happening now.

Alert· It is already happening, all over the world

TechRepublic23 jun 2026
Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs, 13% of its workforce, as it rebuilds around AI
The company warns investors that the roll-out of AI may continue to reduce its headcount.
Reuters (vía Aaj News)19 may 2026
Standard Chartered to cut more than 7,000 jobs and use AI to replace “lower-value human capital”
The bank will cut 15% of its corporate back-office roles by 2030.
Demócrata31 oct 2026
One in four large Spanish companies expects to cut staff because of AI
According to the Bank of Spain survey, 24% of large companies using AI expect to reduce employment within three years; 18% expect to increase it.
Xataka29 oct 2026
Spain has its first collective redundancy justified by AI: 13 layoffs at a video game studio
The Madrid High Court of Justice points out that AI alone is not enough to justify dismissals: what counts is the company’s economic grounds.
Fortune26 oct 2026
Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees, 27% of its workforce
All while it ramps up its investment in data centres for artificial intelligence. It had already cut some 4,800 jobs in July.
European Business Magazine24 oct 2026
European banks could lose up to 400,000 jobs by 2030
That is the forecast from Morgan Stanley, which doubled it in May: 20% of European banking jobs.
ITV News22 oct 2026
Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs this year after betting on technology and AI
The British bank is letting go of around 5% of its global workforce, including roles such as developers.
elDiario.es24 abr 2026
Capgemini launches a collective redundancy for up to 748 employees in Spain, 7% of its workforce
The consultancy frames it as part of its reorganisation in response to AI; the CCOO union argues it is due to the company’s management.
Vozpópuli18 abr 2026
AI has already led to ten collective redundancies in Spain, affecting at least 6,711 people
Among them those at King, Telefónica, Allianz and Capgemini, according to the newspaper’s count.
Fortune27 feb 2026
Block lays off 4,000 people, almost half its workforce, because of AI
Its founder, Jack Dorsey, expects most companies to make similar cuts within a year.
The Nightly25 feb 2026
WiseTech Global to cut 2,000 jobs in 40 countries, almost a third of its workforce
“The era of writing code by hand as the core of engineering is over,” says the Australian company.
Reuters (vía Business Insurance)26 nov 2025
Allianz to cut up to 1,800 jobs in its travel insurance division because of AI
Artificial intelligence is increasingly replacing manual processes in its call centres.
DutchNews25 nov 2025
ABN Amro to eliminate 5,200 jobs by 2028
Mainly in customer service, operations and anti-money-laundering checks, tasks that AI can take over.
AP29 sept 2025
Lufthansa to cut 4,000 administrative jobs by 2030 with the help of AI
Most of them in Germany, while the group expects “significantly higher” profitability.

This is already happening, even at the companies that are supposed to have access to the technology.

And in Spain

An unprecedented impact: economic, social and political.

6.9 million

jobs in Spain would be harmed in the IMF’s worst-case scenario: half of the 60% exposed to AI in advanced economies.

Sources and calculation method

Fundación Civitana estimate based on the IMF (January 2024) and the INE Labour Force Survey (EPA, third quarter of 2026). Sources: Fedea and BBVA Research, Quarterly Labour Market Observatory (October 2026); Funcas, «Inteligencia artificial y mercado de trabajo en España» (June 2026).

13.7 million: of the 22.9 million people in employment in Spain work in jobs exposed to AI, applying the IMF figure.
12.3 million: already hold jobs with high or medium-high exposure to generative AI, according to Fedea and BBVA Research.
2 million: jobs that AI could destroy in Spain by 2035, mainly administrative and technical roles, according to Funcas.

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