AI Cited in 117,000 US Layoffs; Benchmark Finds It Completes 15.8% of Freelance Jobs
US employers cut more than 117,000 jobs this year citing AI, eliminating an estimated $8.5 billion in wages. Yet the Remote Labor Index, from Scale AI and the Center for AI Safety, finds the leading agent finishes under one in six freelance projects. The automation case behind many cuts assumed a capability that shipping tools do not yet deliver.
Read full story →IMF: AI Cut Hiring Demand Nearly 10% in Exposed Jobs Across 19 Asian Economies
An IMF study of 40 million job postings finds hiring demand in AI-exposed occupations has fallen nearly 10% since ChatGPT launched, though the decline has since stabilised. Demand is rising for workers who can use AI, and firms that adopt it are hiring faster, suggesting the technology is reshaping work rather than erasing it.
Read full story →Anthropic's Draft AI Safety Bill Would Trigger Only at 50 Deaths or $1 Billion in Damage
Anthropic has quietly circulated draft legislation in Congress that would let only the Commerce Department halt an AI model's release, acting through a federal judge, and only above a threshold of 50 casualties or $1 billion in damage. Independent evaluators would report imminent bioweapon, cyberattack or loss-of-control risks within 72 hours.
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