Anthropic Study: Robots Could Do 74% of Physical Work Tasks
Anthropic's economic research team finds robots are technically capable of 74% of U.S. manual labor tasks, but only 0.3% are currently cheaper than hiring a human.
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Anthropic's 2030 Forecast: Wages Could Fall Over 10% in Worst Case
Anthropic's new task-based model lays out three 2030 scenarios for the US economy, and GDP, jobs and wages move in very different directions.
Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs while leaning harder into enterprise AI
Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs while leaning harder into enterprise AI is reframed for global technology readers, preserving the key numbers, claims and open questions.
US added only 57,000 jobs in June as AI led layoff reasons
Slower hiring, weaker participation and AI-linked layoffs.
Raimondo gathers Big Tech for a $500M AI workforce safety net
Raimondo gathers Big Tech for a $500M AI workforce safety net
AI-heavy companies are hiring faster, a 22,000-firm study says
AI-heavy companies are hiring faster, a 22,000-firm study says
Anthropic funds Claude Corps for nonprofits
Anthropic is committing $350 million to send 1,000 fellows into nonprofits and to study workers displaced by AI.
TCS says AI agents may match its headcount
TCS’s chairman said the company could one day have as many AI agents as employees, while hiring slows and AI revenue grows.
OpenAI funds research into AI’s economic impact
The Economic Research Exchange gives outside academics controlled access to OpenAI tools and data, raising both research possibilities and independence questions.
The UK creates an AI Economics Institute
HM Treasury and DSIT are backing a government AI Economics Institute chaired by Nobel laureate Simon Johnson to measure jobs, productivity and firm-level change.
Youth Optimism About Job Market Plunges 32 Points in Four Years
A Gallup survey shows only 43% of Americans aged 15-34 think now is a good time to find a job, down from 75% in 2022, as AI-driven layoffs and entry-level job shrinkage fuel disillusionment.
Goldman Sachs Calculates AI Is Eliminating 16,000 U.S. Jobs Per Month
Goldman Sachs has quantified the real monthly impact of AI on the U.S. labor market, finding a net loss of 16,000 jobs per month, with young workers and entry-level white-collar roles bearing the brunt.
Stanford report: Half the world uses AI, programmer jobs drop 20%
The 2026 Stanford AI Index Report reveals that over 50% of the global population now uses AI, while employment for young software developers has fallen nearly 20% since 2022.