Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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Saving 30 percent while erasing the entry-level on-ramp
2025 didn’t deliver an AI jobs apocalypse—it quietly erased the first rungs of careers, pushing hiring toward AI‑literate talent and forcing leaders to choose between cost cuts and capability.
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Databricks and Glean make supervision the default for agents
Two AI heavyweights quietly reset expectations: agents won’t run unattended—near-term wins are boring, supervised, and built on foundation models.
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Tech Force draws 25,000 engineers for 1,000 AI tours
25,000 engineers (for 1,000 slots) just signaled that the next AI standards may be authored inside agencies, not vendor decks.
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AI becomes a layoff reason code for 55,000 cuts
“AI” just got its own checkbox in the layoff ledger—about 55,000 planned cuts—and that small box rewrites hiring, training, and how companies explain work.
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Factory badges now unlock seats in Tesla robotaxis
For $25–$30 an hour, Tesla is turning factory and sales staff into in-car AI operators to widen Robotaxi coverage and convert every ride into training data under human-in-the-loop rules.
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London Business School’s Abramova sets five-to-ten-year AI labor timeline
This weekend’s “historic labor shock” warning isn’t about inevitability—it’s about whether we can slow AI’s velocity enough to keep the first rungs of white-collar careers from disappearing.
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Andrew Bailey warns AI is erasing the first rung
When a central banker starts talking internships, it’s because AI just wiped out the first rung of white‑collar work—and the policy bill is coming due.
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Equity’s 99.6% scan refusal hits UK shoots
UK performers just turned the on‑set scanner into labor’s leverage—and studios will feel it on day one of shooting.
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AI-exposed roles saw 3.8% pay, 1.7% job growth
The jobs most exposed to AI just posted bigger paychecks and more headcount—because when tasks get cheaper, we do more of them.
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Aurora’s five‑year driverless bet hinges on Washington preemption
Aurora says the safest truck may be the one without a driver—and is betting Washington will let the empty seat do the math.