OTIENO: Sama’s 1,108 lost jobs an indication of how fragile our AI economy really is
On April 16 this year, the Nairobi outsourcing firm Sama told 1,108 of its workers they were losing their jobs. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, had walked away from a contract that paid most of those salaries. Severance is being wo ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1418#7641)
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Published: 30 July 2026
Source: AI Incident Database
Category: Incidents
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 1 August 2026
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