Tracking how AI is reshaping roles, departments, and industries — updated daily.
AI & Jobs The BLS reported a 23,000-job decline for July with unemployment at 4.1%. Two days earlier Challenger counted the fewest announced cuts in two years. Both are accurate, and the gap between them sits on the hiring side.
AI & Jobs Challenger's July report shows layoffs at a two-year low and hiring at a four-year July high. AI still led the reasons for a fifth straight month, and the jobs coming back are not the jobs that left.
AI & Jobs The WARN filings taking effect in August are a dairy co-op, Red Lobster, a youth center and FedEx couriers — almost none of them cite AI.
AI & Jobs Stanford's ADP payroll study, refreshed this week, shows young workers in AI-exposed roles down 13% since ChatGPT while older workers keep growing.
AI & Jobs The headline says the job market is the calmest it's been in ten weeks. Underneath, AI-attributed layoffs are setting records and nobody is hiring. Both are true at once.
AI & Jobs More than 200 economists and 16 Nobel winners signed an open letter warning AI could displace workers at Industrial Revolution scale. It is four sentences long.
AI & Jobs Entry-level job postings are down 35% since 2023 and recent-grad unemployment is climbing, but a Federal Reserve study of over a million firms found no link to AI.
AI & Jobs U.S. layoffs fell 53% in June to 45,849, but AI was the leading cited reason for the fourth month running and tech again led every sector.
AI & Jobs June's jobless-claims report shows firings staying low while continuing claims climb to a three-month high — a labor market that won't let go of you but won't take you back either.
AI & Jobs ICIMS's June 11 report: U.S. job openings rose 9% in May while hires rose just 1% — tech demand is migrating to healthcare and manufacturing as applications keep falling.
AI & Jobs BLS May report: 172,000 jobs added against an 80,000 consensus, unemployment steady at 4.3% — capping a week in which AI led layoff citations for a third straight month.
AI & Jobs Challenger's June 4 report: 97,006 May job cuts, the highest May total since 2020. AI was the most-cited reason for the third straight month; tech cut 38,000 while also leading hiring plans.