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Asimov's Robot Laws Are Not Enough. Here Is What Researchers Think We Actually Need.
Anthropic's CEO has called for slowing AI development, more than 2,500 economists and technologists have signed an open letter demanding action, and a U.S. senator has proposed sweeping legislation. The fiction that guided the field for 80 years is no longer adequate.
AI Is Doing the Grunt Work. Now Companies Can't Find Anyone Who Knows How It's Done.
From ad agencies to banks, employers are hiring fewer entry-level staff as AI handles research, drafting and admin. The worry is that a generation of workers may gain AI-enabled speed without ever building the judgement underneath it.
Should Your Company Have a Robot Relations Department?
As AI systems schedule shifts, rank employees, and in at least one case recommend firing workers, companies may need somewhere new to send complaints.
Most People Around the World Fear AI Will Kill Their Jobs, a New Survey Finds
A Pew Research poll of more than 42,000 people across 37 countries finds widespread worry that artificial intelligence will reshape work and widen inequality, even among people who have never used an AI tool.
AI Is Shrinking Job Prospects for Computer Science and Economics Graduates, UK Data Shows
New figures from a major UK graduate survey show coding and software development jobs fell fastest among graduate occupations last year, and well-paid finance roles are thinning out too.
AI Is the Office Intern, Not the Boss: Why Designers Are Not Being Replaced
Business leaders say generative AI will handle grunt work and free up designers to do more creative thinking, not take their jobs.
Goldman Sachs exec warns AI could quietly hollow out the next generation of Wall Street talent
A senior Goldman partner says banks risk producing workers who can't think for themselves if AI handles all the analytical work that used to train junior staff.
Most Companies Still Can't Point to AI Profits, McKinsey Finds
A survey of 1,719 business leaders finds confidence in AI is growing fast. Actual earnings from it, not so much.
Young workers are losing entry-level jobs to AI, Stanford research finds
A major university study tracking real employment data says workers aged 22 to 25 in AI-exposed fields are now 19 percent behind their peers. Last year that gap was 13 percent.
Who keeps the robots running? The hidden workforce behind physical AI
Scaling robots past a handful of machines turns out to be an HR problem as much as an engineering one. Here's what that means for workers and the companies deploying them.
UK Government Is Sending Unemployed Young People to AI Boot Camps
A three-week training scheme will teach jobless young Britons to use artificial intelligence tools to find work. The twist: AI is also one of the main reasons those jobs are harder to find.
Autodesk puts $1 million into a University of Florida lab that wants robots to build your next home
Florida is short more than 121,000 homes. A new robotics lab and the country's first degree in industrialized construction aim to close that gap with factory-built housing and collaborative robots.
The Power Grid Is Struggling. A New AI Course Wants to Train the Engineers Who Can Fix It
America's electrical grid was built for steadier times. Now AI tools are being drafted to keep the lights on, and a new online programme is teaching engineers how to use them.
Small Businesses Are Using AI to Help Workers, Not Replace Them
A window company owner spent $10,000 on an AI tool that listens to sales conversations and writes up quotes automatically. His staff serve more customers. Nobody lost a job.
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.