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Work & Labor · 4 min read

Stanford Research Finds AI Has Opened a 19% Employment Gap for Young Workers

Workers aged 22–25 in highly AI-exposed occupations are employed 19% below where they would be absent AI-driven hiring changes — a gap invisible in standard unemployment statistics, according to the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.

Sep 19

Work & Labor · 4 min read

AI Is Now the Leading Stated Cause of U.S. Layoffs — 116,175 Cuts Through August

AI displacement became the top-cited reason for U.S. job cuts in 2026, with 116,175 positions attributed to AI automation through August, per Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Sep 14

Work & Labor · 4 min read

Salesforce Cuts 4,000 Support Roles After AI Agents Take Over Half of Customer Service

Salesforce eliminated 4,000 customer support roles after AI agents resolved approximately half of all customer service queries — one of the clearest documented cases of white-collar AI displacement in 2026.

Sep 12

Work & Labor · 3 min read

Bloomberg Economics: AI Is Being Wrongly Blamed for Britain's Job Losses

A Bloomberg Economics analysis finds AI is not responsible for declining white-collar job vacancies in the UK — the drop started before ChatGPT launched and vacancies have been recovering since mid-2024.

Jun 17

Work & Labor · 4 min read

Tech Layoffs Hit 1,115 a Day in 2026—But Gartner Finds Companies Cutting Hardest See No ROI Improvement

As tech layoffs average 1,115 jobs per day in 2026, a Gartner study of 350 firms finds that companies executing the deepest AI-justified cuts see zero improvement in financial returns.

Jun 17

Finance & Banking · 5 min read

Banks Are Quietly Cutting Junior Analyst Cohorts as AI Restructures Entry-Level Finance

Major banks are cutting junior analyst hiring by up to two-thirds as AI absorbs templated research, compliance review, and modeling tasks — a structural shift Fortune calls the first sector-wide white-collar AI displacement.

Jun 9

Work & Labor · 4 min read

The AI Jobs Reality: Displacement Is Real, Uneven, and Under-Supported

MIT Technology Review's deep dive into 2026 labor data finds AI displacement is real in entry-level and back-office roles — but structurally unequal, hitting workers with the least institutional support hardest.

Jun 8

Work & Labor · 5 min read

The Washington Post's AI Job Exposure Map Reveals Who Is Actually Most at Risk

A new Washington Post interactive tool built on BLS data shows white-collar knowledge workers face higher AI displacement risk than factory workers did from previous automation — with women holding 86% of the highest-exposure positions.

Jun 6

Work & Labor · 3 min read

Goldman Sachs: AI Will Displace 6–7% of U.S. Workers Over a Decade

Goldman Sachs projects AI will displace 6–7% of the U.S. workforce over 10 years — roughly 10 million workers — with white-collar earners under $80,000 most exposed.

May 6

Work & Labor · 4 min read

White-Collar Workers Now Lead AI Displacement Risk as New Analysis Maps Job Exposure

White-collar knowledge workers now carry the highest AI displacement risk in the U.S. economy — and women represent 86% of the most exposed occupations, per a Washington Post analysis.

May 1