Half of Iran’s workforce faces unemployment risk as US-Israel war’s ‘hidden target’ was labor market
The U.S. and Iran have observed a ceasefire for nearly two weeks, but the economic toll is only star[……] Read…
From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary
For years, the resistance to artificial intelligence looked manageable. There were academics writing[……] Read More
‘No one’s raising their hand’: Japan’s labor crisis shows robots are taking jobs that you don’t want
Japan is running out of workers. Its population declined for a 14th straight year in 2024, its worki[……] Read More
OPM Director Scott Kupor won’t ‘dismiss’ conflict of interest risks with tech hiring push
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The jobs report looks good ‘for the wrong reasons,’ top economist warns
The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%, a showin[……] Read More
Leaders push for a ‘Manhattan Project’ and public-private solutions around AI and labor
Good morning. Most leaders I talk to acknowledge that AI could create a talent and job crisis, at le[……] Read…
Federal government is hiring Gen Z workers after shedding 385,000 jobs last year
A year after firing thousands of probationary employees, the Trump administration indicated it needs[……] Read More
The stay-at-home boyfriend is now an economic trend as more women than men go to work
You probably know a woman supporting an unemployed man. Maybe you’ve been that woman. What used to b[……] Read More
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas: AI layoffs aren’t so bad as ‘most people don’t enjoy their jobs’
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CBS News staffers walk off job in 24-hour labor dispute over wages
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An OpenAI cofounder ‘vibe coded’ an analysis of the U.S. labor market’s exposure to AI
Andrej Karpathy used AI to gauge which U.S. professions are most vulnerable to the technology amid g[……] Read More
Andrew Yang says it’s time to ‘stop taxing labor’ and make AI foot the bill instead
Individual income taxes accounted for more than half of the total revenue collected by the U.S. gove[……] Read More