ai and jobs

A sweeping new study by Microsoft has sent ripples through the language industry and beyond, challenging widely held beliefs about the automation frontier. By drilling into 200,000 real-world Copilot interactions and systematically mapping them to occupational tasks, the research produces an “AI...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the professional landscape, particularly affecting roles centered on language and communication. A recent Microsoft study, analyzing over 200,000 interactions with its AI tool, Copilot, sheds light on this shift. The research identifies...

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence in the workplace has sparked intense debate, anxiety, and speculation—especially among white-collar professionals concerned about the long-term viability of their roles. In a landscape peppered with sensational headlines about AI-triggered mass...

Artificial intelligence is experiencing another seismic shift, moving beyond the conversational chatbots and human-supervised assistants that have captivated popular imagination in recent years. Today, AI “agents” are heralding a disruptive new phase—one where autonomous systems can pursue...

In the wake of significant layoffs within Microsoft's gaming division, a recent LinkedIn post by Matt Turnbull, an executive at Xbox Game Studios, has ignited a heated debate over the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. Turnbull's suggestion that AI tools like ChatGPT and...

Microsoft's recent announcement of over 9,000 layoffs has sent shockwaves through the tech industry, particularly within its gaming division. This move, affecting approximately 4% of the company's global workforce, has sparked intense reactions from both current and former employees, raising...

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in software development has sparked intense discussions about its impact on the engineering workforce. Contrary to fears of job displacement, GitLab's CEO, William Staples, asserts that AI coding assistants will lead to an increase in the number of...

In the rapidly evolving technology sector, few changes have been as disruptive—or as hotly debated—as the surge of artificial intelligence into the daily workflows of software engineers. Nowhere is this technological wave crashing more dramatically than at Amazon, where developers are grappling...

Microsoft’s shockwave of over 6,000 layoffs—its second largest ever—has sent ripples across the tech world, punctuating the Redmond giant’s relentless foray into artificial intelligence amid mounting labor tensions and industry unease. Ostensibly a move to streamline operations, the decision...

The discussion surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), and particularly generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude, and Microsoft’s Copilot, is more heated now than perhaps at any point in history. Buoyed by optimistic forecasts from tech leaders like...

Amara’s Law claims we wildly overestimate technology’s impacts in the short term and epicly underestimate them in the long term—AI is currently doing its best to validate both sides of this paradox. On one hand, hype-mongers assure us that prompt engineering will soon be a more marketable skill...