Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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When 95% report zero ROI, layoffs become the feature
Ed Zitron’s Guardian interview flips the AI debate from capability to intent, arguing the boom is a spreadsheet-driven push to shrink headcount despite shaky models and missing ROI.
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The spreadsheet fired you, not the model
The layoffs aren’t proof AI works—they’re proof a valuation story needs bodies, and there’s a smarter way to stop becoming the accountability sink.
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The $2.9 trillion bet against your first job
The AI boom has turned white-collar jobs into collateral, and whether models sprint or stall, the entry level gets thinner.
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BlackRock warns AI boom needs electricians, not more GPUs
BlackRock’s memo flips the AI narrative: the real bottleneck isn’t GPUs, it’s the shrinking supply of certified tradespeople to wire, cool, and legally staff the data centers.
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London rewrites apprenticeships as AI automates the first draft
London’s mayor just turned AI rhetoric into policy, daring the City to rebuild the first rung of white-collar work before it disappears.
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IMF finds 3.6% fewer roles five years after AI
The IMF just put numbers to the AI jobs debate: broad new skills grow headcount and pay, while AI-specific hiring thins the ranks—and the five-year timer is already running.
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Meta cuts VR jobs as Ray-Ban AI glasses ramp
Meta just redirected a thousand-plus jobs from world‑building in VR to AI that can live on your face and in your hand.
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Tech tops London finance vacancies at 16 percent
When software roles become the biggest line item on London’s finance job boards, the org chart—and the power—shift to those who build and govern the machines.
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Month-one offers for 20–24-year-olds drop to 14.4% in AI-exposed jobs
AI’s labor shock is showing up at the door, not the balance sheet: fewer young entrants into exposed roles, unchanged exits, and a gate that won’t open.
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Raises go to the people who write runbooks
This year’s AI bottleneck isn’t silicon—it’s the people who can orchestrate agents into reliable, measured throughput, and they’re about to reshuffle hiring, metrics, and power.