The Jobs Apocalypse Was Called Off. Look at the Bottom Rung.
This week the headlines declared the AI jobs apocalypse postponed, and the top-line data agrees: a million new roles, unemployment near a 50-year low. But the same week's research shows the real damage has moved to two places averages hide, entry-level hiring that has "fallen off a cliff" and paychecks quietly squeezed.
Read full story →Goldman Just Quintupled Its Robot Bet. The Money Is Below the Neck.
Goldman Sachs raised its 2035 humanoid-robot forecast almost fivefold, to 6.5 million units and a $138 billion market. But the number that makes the trade is smaller and closer: JPMorgan's estimate that a factory robot could soon run for about $10 an hour, against $30 for a human.
Read full story →The Industry Agreed to Slow Down. Then It Met Two Governments.
Microsoft became the first big lab to put the AI slowdown in writing, with a formal code of conduct banning "neuralese" and concealed reasoning. But a voluntary speed limit only holds if everyone signs, and this week both Washington and Beijing made clear they will not.
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