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AI Is Changing Who Gets Hired and Who Gets Left Behind
Job anxiety is spreading across every age group and profession. Here is what that shift actually looks like for ordinary workers, and what it means for the people caught in it.
AI is cutting jobs. Here are the human skills that still matter
A public sector worker facing his second restructure in two years puts a face on a fear millions share. Experts say three skills can keep you ahead.
Hyundai Workers Strike Over Humanoid Robots in a Car Industry First
Thousands of unionized workers in South Korea are cutting shifts short and planning longer stoppages after 15 rounds of talks failed to resolve fears about a six-foot robot that can lift over 100 pounds.
DoorDash Is Building a Tool That Lets AI Software Place Food Orders on Its Own
A new command-line tool from DoorDash lets developers and AI agents search restaurants, fill a cart, and check out without ever opening an app. It is a small but telling sign of where online services are heading.
One operator, one button: Xpanner's robot arm now lifts solar panels so crews don't have to
A California startup has turned a standard excavator into an automated solar panel lifter, cutting a ten-person manual crew down to three.
Apple Researchers Built a Virtual User to Test AI Assistants Before Real People Do
A new research framework simulates the back-and-forth of real app use, so proactive AI assistants can be tested and scored without putting actual users at risk.
AI agents are being trusted with more decisions than companies can actually verify
A new survey finds half of enterprises have already shipped an AI agent that passed internal tests and then broke something for a real customer. Only 5% fully trust the testing that is supposed to catch those failures.
Which jobs are hardest for AI to replace, and how do you land one?
From classrooms to courtrooms, some careers look a lot safer than others. Here is what workers and experts told The Guardian about building a future the algorithms cannot easily automate.
Twelve Bronx Nurses Laid Off After Hospital Replaces Them With AI Software
Montefiore Medical Center cut a dozen nurses whose job was reviewing patient insurance claims, handing that work to an automated system. Their union says the move broke a contract won through a recent strike.