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AI Business

Google hires a Nobel economist to figure out what AI is actually doing to jobs

Philippe Aghion, Ajay Agrawal and two new program directors join Google's AI & Economy team to track how the technology reshapes work, wages and small business.

4 min read
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AI Business

AI May Be Squeezing Workers' Pay Before It Cuts Their Jobs

New research finds wages fell faster in jobs most exposed to AI, but economists warn the data is thin and the story is more complicated than the headline suggests.

4 min read
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Policy

The West Kept Waiting for China to Fail. Then China Shipped a Free AI That Rivals America's Best.

Chinese AI models are arriving fast, free, and competitive with the most expensive US systems. What that means for the global tech race, and what Britain might learn from it.

3 min read
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Policy

AI Was Going to Kill Millions of Jobs. A Year Later, the Numbers Tell a Different Story.

Tech leaders predicted mass white-collar unemployment by now. Economists say change is real but slower than the headlines suggested.

3 min read
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