Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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Mark Warner warns 25% jobless rate for new graduates within three years
Sen. Mark Warner just put a 25% unemployment clock on new grads—and a plan to expose AI-driven entry-level erosion before it scars a cohort.
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British Steel pairs electric arc furnaces with verifiable AI reskilling
Britain just turned Scunthorpe’s new furnace into a test of whether the state can orchestrate AI-driven reskilling as tightly as it funds steel.
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Google’s $40 billion bet turns Texas grid into employer
Google’s $40B Texas bet moves AI work from code to kilowatts, swapping swag for hard hats and turning the grid into a hiring engine.
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Layoffs are now Wall Street’s AI proof of work
In 2025, AI-tagged layoffs have become the new signal of managerial courage—and the market is rewarding the companies that show it.
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From Layoffs to Rehiring: The AI Job Market’s Twisted Tango
The AI job market is evolving rapidly, revealing unexpected trends in layoffs, rehiring, and the emergence of new roles.
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MAS pairs risk rules with an AI jobs blueprint
Singapore just fused AI governance with a workforce plan, turning compliance into a hiring roadmap for finance.
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Leanest holiday hiring since 2009 as AI absorbs demand
This holiday, retailers aim for trillion-dollar sales while making the leanest seasonal hires since 2009—because the first wave of temps now lives in software.
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Gartner maps 2028–2029 jobs chaos, 32 million jobs reshaped
Gartner didn’t predict a jobs apocalypse—it issued the renovation plan, with 2028–2029 as the hinge and work design as the budget line.
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CIPD survey finds 17% of UK employers plan AI cuts
The UK just put a number on AI-driven cuts—17%—aimed at clerical and junior professional roles, with a 12-month clock to reskill or redesign.
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Meta’s $600 billion AI bet needs electricians, not GPUs
Meta’s $600B AI build shifts the jobs debate from code to concrete, with the chokepoint now electricians, transformers, and permits.