--- title: "GM, Ford, and Stellantis have cut 20,000 white-collar jobs. AI is about to accelerate the trend." url: https://daily.dev/posts/gm-ford-and-stellantis-have-cut-20-000-white-collar-jobs-ai-is-about-to-accelerate-the-trend--mxti6gtoe source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/detroit-three-automakers-20000-white-collar-jobs-ai type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-05-17T12:44:15.680Z updated: 2026-05-17T16:11:37.589Z tags: ["ai", "automotive", "future-of-work"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GM, Ford, and Stellantis have cut 20,000 white-collar jobs. AI is about to accelerate the trend. **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GM, Ford, and Stellantis have collectively eliminated over 20,000 US salaried jobs since their 2022 employment peaks, a 19% reduction in combined white-collar headcount. GM this week laid off 500–600 IT workers while simultaneously recruiting for 250+ AI roles. Ford's CEO has publicly stated AI will replace half of all white-collar workers in the US. BCG forecasts 10–15% of US jobs could be eliminated by AI over five years, with 50–55% reshaped within two to three years. The cuts are driven by a combination of EV transition losses, legacy IT restructuring, and AI adoption — while competitors like Toyota have grown their US white-collar workforce and Chinese automakers are building AI-native operations without legacy overhead. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI and automation could erase 10.4 million US roles by 2030](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-and-automation-could-erase-10-4-million-us-roles-by-2030-qcg3nuj5y) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#automotive](https://daily.dev/tags/automotive), [#future-of-work](https://daily.dev/tags/future-of-work) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gm-ford-and-stellantis-have-cut-20-000-white-collar-jobs-ai-is-about-to-accelerate-the-trend--mxti6gtoe)