Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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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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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.
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1,000 cars, 8–10 metros, Tesla hires the midnight shift
Tesla’s latest job postings show robotaxis shifting from demo to 24/7 logistics—hiring dispatch, cleaning, and tele-ops instead of drivers.
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A Senate bill turns AI job claims into quarterly filings
A bipartisan bill aims to turn “AI efficiencies” from earnings-call vapor into quarterly, public line items that companies and agencies must defend.
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Challenger report credits AI for 31,039 layoffs
AI found a new home in the spreadsheet, and 31,039 pink slips just carried its signature.