AI jobs
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The Strong Jobs Report Hides a Quieter Story: AI Is Erasing 16,000 US Jobs Every Month
The US added 172,000 jobs in May 2026, more than double the consensus forecast. Beneath the headline, Goldman Sachs has quantified a quieter reality: AI substitution is eliminating 25,000 jobs monthly while augmentation creates 9,000, for a net loss of 16,000. Gen Z is taking the brunt. An economic analysis of what the BLS data… Continue reading
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MIT Iceberg Index Reveals How AI Really Threatens American Jobs
An MIT research team has published the Iceberg Index, a comprehensive mapping of 923 occupations and 32,000 skills that reveals how AI capabilities overlap with the American workforce in ways that traditional automation studies miss. Continue reading
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Trump Calls Off AI Executive Order Hours Before Planned White House Signing
President Trump cancelled a planned executive order on artificial intelligence hours before a White House signing ceremony, abandoning what appeared to be a centrepiece of his administration federal AI regulatory agenda. Continue reading
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Rising Tides: MIT Study of 17,000 Worker Evaluations Reveals AI Is Coming for Every Job Simultaneously
A landmark MIT study of 17,000 worker evaluations across 3,000 real-world tasks reveals that AI is not replacing jobs in sudden waves of disruption. It is rising steadily across all occupations at once. By 2029, AI models will likely complete 80% to 95% of text-based work tasks at minimally sufficient quality. The implications for workers,… Continue reading