Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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Two-thirds back AI authority as audit trails become currency
Hiring just went end-to-end algorithmic—win by pairing AI fluency with auditable judgment, not glossy sameness.
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Sixty days to layoffs as WARN notices cite AI
AI just showed up as a cause in WARN filings—the euphemism left the slide deck and entered the layoff clock.
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Nvidia’s automate everything order promotes humans to loop architects
When the chipmaker-in-chief says “automate everything,” the middle-manager veto dies and your performance becomes the telemetry of the systems you orchestrate.
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Fed’s Beige Book flags AI replacing entry-level roles
AI didn’t take your job—it canceled the posting, and the Fed just wrote it down.
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MIT and Oak Ridge National Lab map $1.2 trillion in AI exposure
MIT and Oak Ridge priced the present: an agent-based Iceberg Index shows today’s AI can already cover 11.7% of U.S. wages, and it’s mostly paperwork, not code.
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FEHA 2025 and Colorado 2026 reshape hiring algorithms
Thirty-five AGs just told Congress to keep hands off state AI laws—putting HR tech on a fast track to state-by-state audits, disclosures, and human-review rights starting in 2025–26.
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UK faces seven million skills shortfall as entry roles shrink
The UK’s job ladder is losing its first steps, and only a high‑throughput skills machine can keep millions from stalling at the bottom.
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58–38, Washington moves to bargain AI decisions through HB 1622
HB 1622 flips AI from a managerial rollout to a negotiated choice, forcing audits, training, and accountability onto the table before anything ships.
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Amazon trades 14,000 office jobs for megawatts
Amazon is converting thousands of white‑collar roles into silicon and power, redrawing its org chart around data centers instead of desks.
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IRS trims 25,000, Agentforce arrives as shadow headcount
By quietly slipping Salesforce’s Agentforce into counsel, appeals, and the taxpayer advocate with FedRAMP High, the IRS just normalized AI as supervised staff—and gave every other agency cover to copy.