Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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Whitehall’s new KPI is layoff‑to‑payment time
UBI just jumped from seminar talk to a Whitehall tool—cash first, classes later—as the UK readies a soft-landing for AI’s fast displacement.
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Cisco signals fewer agents as adoption leaves pilot
Cisco’s CEO says the AI wave will be bubble and breakthrough at once, with the first cuts in customer service as procurement shifts from pilot to standard and dollars flow from seats to systems.
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Pinterest’s SEC filing makes AI the layoff rationale
Pinterest just put its AI refactor in permanent ink—trading headcount and leases to make the model the chassis, not a feature.
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Revere Health cuts 177 billing roles as AI handles claims
Automation crossed from slide decks into hospital payroll, and the first casualties were the people who turned charts into cash.
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UK’s 27% job-loss risk, 1,587% surge, first rung missing
UK employers are racing to orchestrate AI while automating away the practice reps that build judgment—leaving a missing first rung no one budgeted to replace.
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Amazon readies 14,000 layoffs as pilots become production
Amazon just turned “AI strategy” from slideware into headcount, and every CFO took notes.
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IMF warns the real AI risk is the first job
At Davos, the IMF reframed AI as a macro risk—erasing entry-level on‑ramps, minting augmentation premiums, and forcing policy to build guardrails before wage ladders collapse.
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U.S. job cuts hit 1.20 million, AI appears on forms
The layoff ledger now has an “AI” column—and the numbers, sectors, and CEO quotes show it’s more than a narrative device.
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JPMorgan sets five-year clock on AI headcount cuts
At Davos, Jamie Dimon quietly broke ranks, urging regulators to slow AI-driven layoffs—pricing civil unrest as the real risk and offering corporate buy-in to guardrails.
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Hassabis and Amodei say the junior track is vanishing
In Davos, AI’s top builders admitted they’re staffing without starters—compressing teams, erasing apprenticeships, and risking a brittle future unless policy buys real experience.