AI Fear & Greed Index

> Track the emotional sentiment of artificial intelligence news and community opinion. Get insights into market psychology and AI development trends.

> Signals Behind the Index

30-day trend, topic mix, story drivers, company mentions, and workforce impact signals.

Latest data: 2026-07-15

30-Day Sentiment Path

2026-06-16 to 2026-07-15

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2026-06-16 · 802026-06-17 · 802026-06-18 · 722026-06-19 · 902026-06-20 · 892026-06-21 · 1002026-06-22 · 842026-06-23 · 692026-06-24 · 882026-06-25 · 932026-06-26 · 722026-06-27 · 802026-06-28 · 752026-06-29 · 602026-06-30 · 802026-07-01 · 702026-07-02 · 602026-07-03 · 832026-07-04 · 862026-07-05 · 1002026-07-06 · 602026-07-07 · 822026-07-08 · 802026-07-09 · 842026-07-10 · 942026-07-11 · 872026-07-12 · 892026-07-13 · 892026-07-14 · 752026-07-15 · 71GREEDNEUTRALFEAR

AI Workforce Impact Tracker

Events are labeled by evidence strength, not assumed causality.

Watchlist
107,027
Known roles affected
34
Tracked events
55,236
2025 known roles
40,170
2026 known roles
Company totals since 2023
Amazon
2 events · latest 2026-01-28
30,000
Microsoft
2 events · latest 2026-04-23
15,000
Accenture
1 events · latest 2025-09-26
11,000
Meta
3 events · latest 2026-04-23
9,600
IBM
1 events · latest 2023-05-02
7,800
HP
1 events · latest 2025-11-25
6,000
Dow
1 events · latest 2026-01-29
4,500
2025-2026 source-backed timeline
Covalen / Meta contractor · 720 roles at risk
Covalen told Dublin staff that 720 roles were at risk, including more than 500 AI annotation jobs on Meta projects, as Meta reduced reliance on third-party vendors while deploying more advanced AI systems.
2026-04-27
Microsoft · voluntary retirement offered to about 8,750 U.S. employees
Microsoft offered voluntary retirement packages while ramping AI spending and reporting AI completion of a material share of coding work; accepted exits were not yet known.
2026-04-23
Meta · about 8,000 employees
Meta planned to cut about 10% of staff in an efficiency push amid rising AI infrastructure costs.
2026-04-23
Snap · about 1,000 employees
Snap cut 16% of its workforce and said rapid AI advances enabled teams to reduce repetitive work and increase velocity.
2026-04-15
Atlassian · about 1,600 employees
Atlassian cut 10% of staff, saying the move would free resources for AI and enterprise sales.
2026-03-12
Ocado · about 1,000 employees
Ocado cut about 1,000 jobs after completing major robotics and digital systems and citing AI productivity gains in software engineering.
2026-02-26
Block · more than 4,000 employees
Block said smaller teams using AI could automate more work and cut more than 4,000 employees.
2026-02-26
Dow · about 4,500 jobs
Dow said it would cut about 4,500 jobs while shifting emphasis toward artificial intelligence and automation.
2026-01-29
Amazon · 16,000 corporate jobs
Amazon confirmed 16,000 additional corporate cuts as it pushed AI and efficiency, bringing the October-January total near 30,000.
2026-01-28
Pinterest · roughly 700 employees
Pinterest planned to cut less than 15% of staff while reallocating resources to AI-focused roles and AI-powered products.
2026-01-27

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The Verge🤑 Greed

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The Verge😰 Fear

Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit

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MIT Technology Review🤑 Greed

The Download: Claude’s inner workings, and the future of world models

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MIT Technology Review🤑 Greed

What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show

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MIT Technology Review🤑 Greed

The Download: a donor conception cap and world models for AI

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Ars Technica😰 Fear

New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry

New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.

Ars Technica😰 Fear

Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets

OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.

Wired🤑 Greed

The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT

In the 1960s an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called ELIZA. The conversations people had with it set precedents for the chatbots to come.

Wired🤑 Greed

DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How

In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.

Wired🤑 Greed

Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool

Apple’s revamped Siri is more than a voice assistant; it’s now the backbone of the iPhone user experience. You can try it now through the iOS 27 public beta.

Towards Data Science😰 Fear

How I’m Making Sure My Analytics Career Doesn’t Get Eaten by AI

The analytics career I signed up for five years ago doesn't exist anymore, and honestly, I am fine with that. The post How I’m Making Sure My Analytics Career Doesn’t Get Eaten by AI appeared first on

Towards Data Science🤑 Greed

A Gentle Introduction to Autoencoders & Latent Space

Introduction Heavy computation is a well-known problem in various ML algorithms today, especially when generative AI is applied to text, images, and other unstructured data. One of the principal appro

Towards Data Science🤑 Greed

How Much Does It Actually Cost to Run a Local LLM? (Euros per Million Tokens, Measured)

I measured the actual GPU electricity for eight local models on one RTX 3090 — and the cheapest wasn't the smallest, nor the priciest the biggest. The post How Much Does It Actually Cost to Run a Loca

Towards Data Science🤑 Greed

Pydantic + OpenAI: The Cleanest Way to Get Structured Outputs from LLMs

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Towards Data Science🤑 Greed

Agentic RAG: Let the Agent Search

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Towards Data Science🤑 Greed

The Three Dimensions of Custom Agentic Alignment: Purpose, Principles and Practices

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The Verge😰 Fear

OpenAI finally launches hardware… for Codex

OpenAI is finally releasing some hardware. No, it isn't the mysterious AI-powered device the company is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive, a project already tangled up in a messy lawsuit.

Ars Technica😰 Fear

Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.

Ars Technica🤑 Greed

Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI

The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.

Wired🤑 Greed

An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI

Gidi Littwin’s new AI startup, Hemispheric, makes diagnostic brain scans for conditions like depression, PTSD, and Parkinson’s. He wants the technology to be as cheap and easy as for a blood test.

Wired🤑 Greed

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ Review: Great Power, Shocking Price

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Wired🤑 Greed

My Ebike Delivery Went Missing. When I Tried to Recover It, I Ended Up in Chatbot Hell

Companies’ increasing reliance on AI chatbots isn’t making the customer service experience smarter. It’s just making it more infuriating.

Wired🤑 Greed

OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss

OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a political effort opposing Leading the Future, a group backed by the company’s president, Greg Brockman.