Rows of customer service workers at desks with headsets in a large Philadelphia office building, a notice being pinned to the wall. Through the windows, a plain city skyline of low and mid-rise buildings, no bridge.

Workers carrying boxes leave the building one after another, the line stretching away into the evening.

Small glowing AI agent figures now sit at the emptied desks wearing headsets and answering calls. Through the windows, the same plain skyline, no bridge.

Beside the building, a dwindling cluster of home broadband cables being unplugged from houses.

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Morning Brief · October 31st 2026

Comcast will cut 634 jobs at its Philadelphia headquarters as AI agents take customer calls

Comcast filed notice with Pennsylvania labor regulators that it will lay off 634 employees at its Philadelphia headquarters, starting December 31st and running through 2027, Fox News reported on Friday. It is the largest cut announced in the state this month. Executives told analysts last week they would lower costs partly by putting AI agents in customer service, and the finance chief has credited AI with a 20% drop in customer contact rates.

Comcast is also still losing broadband subscribers, so these cuts mix AI substitution with a shrinking core business. The state notice itself could not be opened to confirm the number. SourcesB B

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BComcast drops more broadband subs as restructuring and layoffs loom (Light Reading)lightreading.com

This story ran in the Morning Brief of October 31st 2026.

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