Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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When AI Takes the Wheel: Are You Ready to Navigate the Job Market’s New Terrain?
This week’s AI job market updates reveal a stark reality: adapt or risk being left behind as automation reshapes employment landscapes.
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Cisco’s 1.5 million-case shift resets the first rung
Cisco quietly routed 1.5 million ‘easy’ tickets to AI—now day-one jobs start where the scripts fail.
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IMF sees 60% job exposure, US‑centric AI capital risk
The IMF just recast AI as a balance-sheet risk and an infrastructure mandate—from the socket to the skills pipeline—warning that U.S.-centric capital could turn a productivity bet into a correlated shock.
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Indeed’s GenAI index maps 46% of job skills as hybrid
Indeed’s new GenAI Skill Transformation Index is less a layoff forecast than a wiring diagram for your workflows—showing which skills flip to hybrid, which stay human, and where the bottlenecks move next.
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Gender Snapshot 2025 finds 27.6% of women’s jobs exposed
UN’s new map shows AI isn’t killing most jobs—it’s carving out the high-value bits and leaving women with the leftovers unless we redesign the work.
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Sub‑second speech and CRM clicks reshape contact center work
Altman just turned ‘assistive’ customer service into a category the models will own, and Monday’s job descriptions won’t look the same.
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When safety monitors exit, Phoenix drivers feel the price shift
Arizona just started the clock in Phoenix—Tesla’s monitored robotaxis are rolling, and the quiet squeeze on driving work begins.
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GDP grows on software and servers, not new hires
This quarter, the only ‘new hires’ many firms made were racks of servers—a bet that productivity shows up before the jobs do.
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When AI Says ‘You’re Fired’: The New Job Market Reality
As AI reshapes the job landscape, industry leaders warn of significant displacement and the urgent need for policy intervention.
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Anthropic warns Washington half of entry-level jobs at risk
A frontier lab took its jobs forecast to Washington—and in doing so, gave policymakers and boardrooms permission to accelerate automation.