Facebook revives its job board on Marketplace targeting young adults seeking entry-level positions just as AI threatens to eliminate 50% of such jobs within five years, allowing users to search openings and contact employers directly through Messenger.
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns of imminent mass job losses and skyrocketing corporate profits due to AI advancements, attributing the economic upheaval to capitalism rather than AI itself, as early signs of AI displacing entry-level jobs emerge.
Amid economic turmoil and scarce job opportunities, workers across diverse careers grapple with heightened anxiety as executives remain vague about AI's potential to replace human roles, fueling widespread uncertainty about job security.
AI is predicted to disrupt an astounding 99% of jobs by 2030, warns AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy, with even professions like coding and prompt engineering not immune to automation as AI becomes increasingly advanced and capable of handling all tasks, potentially rendering retraining efforts insufficient.
Microsoft researchers identify 40 jobs, including teachers, translators, and historians, as highly vulnerable to disruption from artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting the potential impact on knowledge-based roles while hands-on occupations like dredge operators and water treatment plant operators face minimal AI exposure.
AI giant Anthropic, valued at $61.5 billion, lifts its ban on job seekers using its AI tool Claude to refine resumes, cover letters, and prepare for interviews, but AI assistance remains prohibited during live interviews and certain assessments.
AI is revolutionizing the African job market by unbundling tasks from traditional professions, enabling a new ecosystem of 'micro professionals' augmented by AI, while traditional experts focus on complex cases, training AI, and oversight.
AI automation is slashing graduate hiring in accounting and finance as major firms like AIB deploy AI tools for routine tasks, raising fears from trade unions about potential job losses with around 30% of workers in roles vulnerable to AI replacement according to a government study.
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky reveals AI writing assistant underperforms expectations as users face backlash for AI-generated posts, impacting economic opportunities, while AI job listings surge 6x and users add AI skills at 20x rate.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang clashes with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei over AI's potential job displacement and governance, with Huang advocating for open and responsible AI development while rejecting Amodei's prediction of AI automating half of entry-level office jobs within five years.