{ "count": 50, "items": [ { "id": 20172, "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/15/tariff-refunds-corporate-profits-gdp-tailwinds-4-3-percent-q3", "title": "Tariff refunds are juicing corporate profits and GDP as more tailwinds converge to propel growth to a blistering 4.3% pace, top economist says", "summary": "\"The bottom line is that the US economy continues to be supported by a growing set of tailwinds.\"", "authors": "Jason Ma", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-15T19:08:04.000Z", "source": "Fortune AI", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20172" }, { "id": 20205, "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/adam-scott-daughter-failed-office-audition-john-krasinski-1236835469", "title": "Adam Scott Says His Daughter’s Acting Class Was Forced to Watch His Failed ‘Office’ Audition as an Example of What Not to Do", "summary": "Once upon a time, “Severance” star Adam Scott auditioned for the beloved sitcom “The Office.” Years later, he’s reliving the memories of that failed audition after his daughter’s acting teacher had the class compare Scott’s audition tape to John Krasinski’s successful tape. “He put it to the class like, ‘Okay. Let’s discuss why he got the job, […]", "authors": "Matthew Minton", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-15T17:40:41.000Z", "source": "Variety (AI)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20205" }, { "id": 20173, "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/15/scott-bessent-economic-isolation-iran-sanctions-oil-assets", "title": "What Bessent’s economic isolation of Iran could look like", "summary": "The main challenge is that targeting the remaining options risk blowback on the US economy.", "authors": "Magdalena Del Valle, Bloomberg", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-15T15:24:39.000Z", "source": "Fortune AI", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20173" }, { "id": 20206, "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3363725/global-leaders-must-wake-threat-unbridled-ai-adoption", "title": "Global leaders must wake up to threat of unbridled AI adoption", "summary": "To describe the uncontrolled adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) as a “mixed blessing” is a grotesque understatement. It is better termed a miscalculated risk that reflects the world’s present sad and potentially tragic lack of responsible leadership, in Western nations especially. On the one hand, we are assured AI will raise productivity and economic growth. It will be a particular blessing for developing countries, such as those in Asia, enabling them to leapfrog the centuries it took...", "authors": "Anthony Rowley", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-15T08:30:07.000Z", "source": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20206" }, { "id": 20196, "url": "https://the-decoder.com/the-tragedy-of-the-cognitive-commons-explains-how-rational-ai-adoption-could-destroy-entire-professions-expertise", "title": "The \"tragedy of the cognitive commons\" explains how rational AI adoption could destroy entire professions' expertise", "summary": "A new research paper frames AI adoption as a \"tragedy of the cognitive commons.\" Every company that cuts entry-level jobs benefits individually, but the collective expertise of entire professions erodes. The consequences may not become visible until 2030 to 2045, when today's missing junior talent should have become tomorrow's experienced workforce. The article The \"tragedy of the cognitive commons\" explains how rational AI adoption could destroy entire professions' expertise appeared first on T", "authors": "Matthias Bastian", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-15T06:00:52.000Z", "source": "The Decoder", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20196" }, { "id": 19552, "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162526003185?dgcid=rss_sd_all", "title": "Decentralized autonomous organization for circular economy: A proof of concept in the e-waste recycling process", "summary": "Publication date: November 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 232 Author(s): Thomaz Henrique Viaro Bridi, Mayara Neves Pohlmann, Cecília Maria Villas Boas de Almeida, Rodrigo Franco Gonçalves", "authors": null, "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-15T05:10:17.122Z", "source": "Technological Forecasting and Social Change", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19552" }, { "id": 20218, "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-15/hormuz-ship-attacks-mount-as-us-vows-to-cripple-iran-s-economy", "title": "Hormuz Ship Attacks Mount as US Vows to Cripple Iran Economy", "summary": "More ships have come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz as talks to end the war in the Middle East remain stalled and the US readies new economic measures to force Iran to capitulate.", "authors": null, "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-15T04:09:00.000Z", "source": "Bloomberg Technology", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20218" }, { "id": 20145, "url": "https://www.affinda.com/expert-insights/when-my-ai-agent-hacked-my-gym-mythos-stopped-feeling-theoretical", "title": "When my AI agent hacked my gym, Mythos stopped feeling theoretical", "summary": "I recently built a bot to help me book popular gym classes. This was not a grand research project. It was a practical little automation. The classes fill up fast, I got tired of playing refresh roulette, and I figured an agent running on O ... 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But can it ever hold down a real job?", "authors": "Zeyi Yang", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T20:59:03.000Z", "source": "Wired", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19500" }, { "id": 19525, "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011085683/an-ai-bot-is-judging-your-resume.html", "title": "An A.I. Bot is Judging Your Résumé", "summary": "Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by an A.I. job recruiter. Finding a job has become more difficult in part because many corporations are now using bots to evaluate résumés. The Opinion writer Jessica Grose explains why job hunting has become about gaming A.I. recruiters, and why the solution might just be going analog.", "authors": "Jessica Grose", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T19:49:06.000Z", "source": "The New York Times", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19525" }, { "id": 19641, "url": "https://www.heise.de/news/Nachgebaute-Apple-Watch-verbindet-sich-mit-iPhones-11404012.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.atom.beitrag.beitrag", "title": "Nachgebaute Apple Watch verbindet sich mit iPhones", "summary": "Nils Rollshausen von der TU Darmstadt hat Apples Computeruhr im Labor in Software nachgebaut. Das zeigt potenzielle Angriffspunkte.", "authors": "Ben Schwan", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T15:29:00.000Z", "source": "Heise Online (DE)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19641" }, { "id": 19669, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/14/nigeria-creator-economy-tax", "title": "The Selar row shows how Nigeria plans to tax its creator economy", "summary": "Nigerian creators may lose 5% of their income to tax if the government decides an ebook sale is a royalty. Here's why it matters.", "authors": "Muktar Oladunmade", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T12:36:42.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19669" }, { "id": 19652, "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/in-an-uncertain-job-market-top-economists-offer-advice-for-incoming-nc-college-students", "title": "In an Uncertain Job Market, Top Economists Offer Advice for Incoming NC College Students", "summary": "It’s move-in week for college students across North Carolina. And once students have gotten settled into their dorms, their attention will turn to getting the classes needed to fulfill their chosen major. But which career paths are a safe bet in 2026? U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July. Job creation for May and June […]", "authors": "Clayton Henkel", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-14T12:30:00.000Z", "source": "The 74 (education AI)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19652" }, { "id": 19661, "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3364082/launch-deepseeks-harness-marks-its-strategic-pivot-towards-autonomous-agentic-ai", "title": "Launch of DeepSeek’s Harness marks its strategic pivot towards autonomous agentic AI", "summary": "Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek is venturing into a new battleground beyond large language models, launching a developer preview of its long-anticipated Harness – a software framework that helps developers turn AI models into autonomous agents. The release on Thursday marks a strategic pivot as DeepSeek moves to build foundational digital scaffolding for AI agents – systems capable of using AI models to operate external software, run code, and complete complex jobs on their...", "authors": "Minxiao Chang", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T11:03:52.000Z", "source": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19661" }, { "id": 19577, "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91585058/ai-is-revealing-the-hidden-flaws-in-the-labor-market-technology-ai-women-workplace-inequality?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss", "title": "AI is revealing the hidden flaws in the labor market", "summary": "Some of the first credible evidence of artificial intelligence ’s impact on the labor market has just been published and, at first glance, it appears to tell a concerning story for women. Researchers at Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab, analyzing payroll data from millions of American workers, found that employment growth has been weakest among early-career professionals in occupations with the greatest exposure to AI. Among those workers, young women are experiencing slower employment", "authors": "Songyee Yoon", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T10:25:00.000Z", "source": "Fast Company Tech", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19577" }, { "id": 19602, "url": "https://fedscoop.com/why-ai-cant-automate-away-the-federal-capacity-crunch", "title": "Why AI can’t automate away the federal capacity crunch", "summary": "IT modernization across agencies can only move as quickly as the workforce allows. The post Why AI can’t automate away the federal capacity crunch appeared first on FedScoop .", "authors": "mbracken", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T10:00:00.000Z", "source": "FedScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19602" }, { "id": 19518, "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91589194/surprising-reason-ai-layoffs-hurt-worker-productivity?position=3&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=08152026", "title": "The surprising reason AI layoffs hurt worker productivity", "summary": "One of the biggest hidden costs is that it makes employees fear for their jobs.", "authors": "The Conversation", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T09:00:00.000Z", "source": "Fast Company", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19518" }, { "id": 19609, "url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/college-experience/2026/08/14/how-4-colleges-are-supporting-student-parents", "title": "How 4 Colleges Are Supporting Student Parents", "summary": "How 4 Colleges Are Supporting Student Parents Joshua.Bay Fri, 08/14/2026 - 03:00 AM From scholarships and free childcare to pre-orientation programs and workforce training, institutions are helping student parents and caregivers persist. Byline(s) Joshua Bay", "authors": "Joshua.Bay", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-14T07:00:00.000Z", "source": "Inside Higher Ed Tech", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19609" }, { "id": 19673, "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/ai-adoption-starts-with-content-governance-not-algorithms/Gb3Bw7WaPb6q2k6V", "title": "AI adoption starts with content governance, not algorithms", "summary": "At the OpenText Summit Africa 2026, Faranani DocTec will showcase how it is deploying OpenText solutions to solve challenges in information governance, automation and digital enablement.", "authors": null, "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T06:46:00.000Z", "source": "ITWeb (ZA)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19673" }, { "id": 19674, "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/how-chillisoft-is-retaining-women-in-tech-by-rethinking-the-modern-workplace/raYAyMorG4J7J38N", "title": "How Chillisoft is retaining women in tech by rethinking the modern workplace", "summary": "There remains a perception that workplace flexibility reduces productivity, says Rizwana Svourakis, head of people and culture at Chillisoft Solution Services.", "authors": null, "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T06:40:00.000Z", "source": "ITWeb (ZA)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19674" }, { "id": 19338, "url": "https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/meta-muse-glimmer", "title": "Meta Open-Sources Muse Glimmer: A 30B Local Agentic Model Optimised for On-Device Execution", "summary": "Meta AI Research has introduced Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight model under the Apache 2.0 license, designed for local workflows. It enables autonomous agents and complex task execution on consumer GPUs without relying on cloud APIs. The model employs a multi-stage training approach for efficient performance and supports multimodal inputs, enhancing coding and automation tasks. By Olimpiu Pop", "authors": "Olimpiu Pop", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T05:05:00.000Z", "source": "InfoQ AI/ML", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19338" }, { "id": 19112, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12356", "title": "Measuring Curriculum-Labor Market Alignment at the Scale of a Program Portfolio", "summary": "arXiv:2608.12356v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A college offering several overlapping computing degrees implicitly assumes that its programs are differentiated in line with how the labor market segments computing work and that, together, they prepare graduates for that market. Testing this is difficult, because the instruments available to curriculum committees, namely advisory boards, tracer studies, and employer surveys, are slow, narrow, and hard to reproduce. We apply one uniform, taxonomy-", "authors": "Sherzod Turaev, Saja Aldabet, Mary John, Namya Musthafa, Mamoun Awad, Nazar Zaki, Khaled Shuaib", "category": "research", "topics": "safety-alignment,jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T04:00:00.000Z", "source": "arXiv cs.CY", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19112" }, { "id": 19119, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13022", "title": "Applied and Filtered: An End-to-End Algorithmic Fairness Audit of A Public Employment Agency", "summary": "arXiv:2608.13022v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Algorithmic fairness evaluation commonly assesses AI systems as bounded technical components, abstracting away the organizational context in which they operate. We present, to our knowledge, the first independent end-to-end fairness audit of a semi-automated hiring system operated by Barcelona Activa, a public employment agency using the third-party TalentClue platform for candidate search and shortlisting. We analyze approximately 497,000 candidat", "authors": "Gemma Gald\\'on-Clavell", "category": "research", "topics": "bias-fairness,jobs-economy,transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-14T04:00:00.000Z", "source": "arXiv cs.CY", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19119" }, { "id": 19424, "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-warner-bros-labor-world-1236673223", "title": "The War Over Warner Bros. Is Splintering Hollywood’s Labor World", "summary": "Rob Bonta and David Ellison are dividing the unions, whose members have diverging interests on the way the antitrust battle against a merged Paramount and Warner Bros. is waged.", "authors": "Katie Kilkenny", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T00:40:50.000Z", "source": "Hollywood Reporter (AI/entertainment)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19424" }, { "id": 19557, "url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2026.1875232", "title": "Automated detection and counting of redbanded stink bugs in soybean using an improved computer vision model", "summary": "The redbanded stink bug (RBSB), Piezodorus guildinii, is a major economic pest of soybean, with feeding damage that leads to significant yield losses and increased reliance on pesticide applications. Current management practices depend on manual identification and repeated field counting, which are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and prone to human error, particularly across large production areas. To address these limitations, this study evaluated the potential of computer vision models to aut", "authors": "Saurav Upadhyaya", "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z", "source": "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19557" }, { "id": 19135, "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/14/unemployed-young-people-to-join-ai-boot-camps-to-get-job-ready", "title": "Unemployed young people to join AI boot camps to get job-ready", "summary": "Pilot scheme will provide three weeks of training as part of UK government’s latest attempt to address Neets crisis Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join “AI boot camps” where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace. The government’s latest attempt to address the crisis in Neets – young people not in work or education – involves turning to a technology that many view as a potential threat to employment. Continue reading...", "authors": "Dan Milmo Global technology editor", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-13T23:01:10.000Z", "source": "The Guardian", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19135" }, { "id": 19132, "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerbergs-ai-manifesto-is-6500-words-and-barely-says-anything", "title": "Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Words—and Barely Says Anything", "summary": "AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley.", "authors": "Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Andy Greenberg", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T21:14:43.000Z", "source": "Wired", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19132" }, { "id": 19347, "url": "https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32540/the-genai-productivity-mirage-redefining-software-metrics-for-financial-services", "title": "The GenAI Productivity Mirage: Redefining Software Metrics for Financial Services", "summary": "As Generative AI accelerates code production across the financial services sector, traditional softw...", "authors": null, "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T21:02:52.000Z", "source": "Finextra AI", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19347" }, { "id": 19202, "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011088929/why-ais-promise-isnt-resonating.html", "title": "Why A.I.’s Promise Isn’t Resonating", "summary": "On “The Opinions,” the Yale law professor and economist Natasha Sarin argues that A.I. could transform the U.S. economy for the better. But with the public hearing about layoffs and job losses, she says, it’s no wonder the technology’s economic promise isn’t resonating.", "authors": null, "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T20:36:35.000Z", "source": "The New York Times", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19202" }, { "id": 19277, "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/08/13/why-states-are-the-key-to-the-modern-labor-movement", "title": "Why States Are the Key to the Modern Labor Movement", "summary": "“States have an opportunity to build the infrastructure of worker power that this country will need in the years ahead,” write Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs.", "authors": "Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T19:30:03.000Z", "source": "Time Tech", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19277" }, { "id": 19197, "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/openai-hires-new-cro-as-executive-shake-up-continues", "title": "OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues", "summary": "OpenAI has replaced chief revenue officer Denise Dresser after just nine months on the job, tapping Wiz president and chief operating officer Dali Rajic to take on frontier lab's top sales job.", "authors": "Tim Fernholz", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T17:07:13.000Z", "source": "TechCrunch", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19197" }, { "id": 19203, "url": "https://theconversation.com/why-ai-training-can-backfire-for-older-workers-289203", "title": "Why AI training can backfire for older workers", "summary": "For older employees already experiencing burnout, poorly designed or poorly timed training can become an additional job demand rather than a solution.", "authors": "Judah Adeniyi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Memorial University of Newfoundland", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T16:53:52.000Z", "source": "The Conversation", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19203" }, { "id": 19166, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13389v1", "title": "TopoIntent: Compiling Security Intent into Executable, Compliance-Checked Network Topologies", "summary": "Enterprise security topology design requires translating business intent, regulatory requirements, and risk assumptions into zones, boundary devices, inter-zone paths, and access-control policies. Existing NetOps automation tools mainly operate after this design is fixed, providing limited support for generating structured security topologies from underspecified natural-language requirements. We present TopoIntent, a system that compiles security intent into executable, compliance-checked networ", "authors": "Xiaokang Qu, Jianliang Ma, Zao Fan, Tianshu Chu, Tianlong Fan, Linyuan Lü", "category": "research", "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T15:49:37.000Z", "source": "arXiv", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19166" }, { "id": 19169, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13341v1", "title": "Simulation-to-real transfer learning for infrared spectroscopic chemical sensing and analysis from molecules to complex samples", "summary": "Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is widely used for chemical sensing, but extracting reliable chemical information from spectra remains challenging. Conventional interpretation is labor-intensive, relies on prior knowledge and reference spectra, and is difficult to scale, whereas most machine-learning methods are tailored to individual tasks or datasets, require large labeled training sets, and transfer poorly across analytical objectives and experimental datasets. Here we introduce UltraIR, a foundat", "authors": "Yusen Tan, Yixuan Chen, Zheng Fang, Pan Liu, Yifan Li, Qinyu Guo et al.", "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T15:11:50.000Z", "source": "arXiv", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19169" }, { "id": 19171, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13277v1", "title": "Mixture of Training: Recombining Small-Scale Scaffolded Pretraining Runs into a Larger Language Model", "summary": "We ask whether language-model pre-training can be decomposed into smaller, independently trainable jobs that can later be recomposed into a coherent larger model. We introduce Mixture of Training (MoT), a scaffolded modular pre-training procedure that partitions a target Transformer into contiguous layer blocks, trains each block inside a frozen pretrained aligner scaffold, and then recomposes the trained blocks with an optional short end-to-end adaptation pass. On a 1.3B-parameter Gemma-style m", "authors": "Mohammed Sabry, Sean Augenstein, Keith Rush, Lucio Dery", "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T14:13:46.000Z", "source": "arXiv", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19171" }, { "id": 19396, "url": "https://www.xataka.com/aplicaciones/no-soy-programador-linus-torvalds-explica-que-dirigir-linux-no-consiste-programar", "title": "Linus Torvalds, desarrollador y fundador de Linux, sobre dirigir su empresa hoy: \"Ya no soy programador\"", "summary": "Linus Torvalds creó el kernel Linux en 1991, pero 35 años después ya no se define como un programador que escribe código. Durante el Open Source Summit India 2026 explicó que apenas lee código del proyecto de código abierto , y que hoy se considera más bien un jefe de proyecto. Uno de los programadores más legendarios de la historia ha abandonado esa labor, y es probablemente lo mejor que le podía pasar al proyecto. Lo de programar, como que no . Torvalds explica en ese encuentro que sigue escri", "authors": "Javier Pastor", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T13:31:15.000Z", "source": "Xataka (ES)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19396" }, { "id": 19390, "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/amid-the-emerging-ai-economy-we-need-a-skilled-trades-pipeline-in-high-school", "title": "Opinion: Amid the Emerging AI Economy, We Need a Skilled Trades Pipeline in High School", "summary": "Across the economy, Americans are watching an artificial intelligence investment boom reshape the job market. Some of the same companies spending hundreds of billions to build the AI future are also announcing sweeping job cuts, adding to an already daunting employment landscape for college graduates. In other sectors, opportunity is booming. Homes, roads, bridges, vehicles, […]", "authors": "Danny Corwin and Jennifer Dewees", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-13T12:30:00.000Z", "source": "The 74 (education AI)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19390" }, { "id": 19291, "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/fd3ddfd1-e66d-45eb-a2ab-c9208ca4b3f9?syn-25a6b1a6=1", "title": "Has AI made it harder for Gen Z to find jobs?", "summary": "Use of the technology by both prospective applicants and employers has muddied waters", "authors": null, "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T11:30:10.000Z", "source": "Financial Times Technology (headlines)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19291" }, { "id": 19403, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/standard-bank-wants-to-own-more-of-africas-digital-payment", "title": "Standard Bank wants to own more of Africa’s digital payment flows", "summary": "The growth comes as payments become an integral part of how banks capture value from Africa’s digital economy.", "authors": "Phathisani Moyo", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T11:28:48.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19403" }, { "id": 19137, "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/13/lost-jobs-inequality-ai-oligarchs", "title": "Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich", "summary": "The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future? Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. In addition, May and June’s job numbers were revised downward, showing a combined 103,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. As if this weren’t bad enough, wage growth has also slowed. Average hourly earnings rose by just 0.1% from June. Continu", "authors": "Robert Reich", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T10:00:56.000Z", "source": "The Guardian", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19137" }, { "id": 19185, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13022v1", "title": "Applied and Filtered: An End-to-End Algorithmic Fairness Audit of A Public Employment Agency", "summary": "Algorithmic fairness evaluation commonly assesses AI systems as bounded technical components, abstracting away the organizational context in which they operate. We present, to our knowledge, the first independent end-to-end fairness audit of a semi-automated hiring system operated by Barcelona Activa, a public employment agency using the third-party TalentClue platform for candidate search and shortlisting. We analyze approximately 497,000 candidate-vacancy pipeline entries from September 2017 t", "authors": "Gemma Galdón-Clavell", "category": "research", "topics": "bias-fairness,jobs-economy,transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-13T09:46:27.000Z", "source": "arXiv", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19185" }, { "id": 19408, "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/mtn-uses-ai-to-connect-african-youth-to-jobs/kYbe9MXbZrpvAWpG", "title": "MTN uses AI to connect African youth to jobs", "summary": "The AI-powered job board links young Africans’ skills, training and career goals to employment opportunities.", "authors": null, "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T09:27:00.000Z", "source": "ITWeb (ZA)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19408" }, { "id": 19330, "url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/08/13/nsfs-phd-industry-pipeline-push", "title": "The NSF’s Ph.D.-to-Industry Pipeline Push", "summary": "The NSF’s Ph.D.-to-Industry Pipeline Push kathryn.palmer… Thu, 08/13/2026 - 03:00 AM The majority of STEM Ph.D.s take jobs outside academia. While some universities help them prepare, the National Science Foundation is now investing millions to boost those efforts. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer", "authors": "kathryn.palmer@insidehighered.com", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-13T07:00:00.000Z", "source": "Inside Higher Ed Tech", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19330" }, { "id": 18715, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11512", "title": "Cheap, Fallible Cognition and the Political Economy of Expertise", "summary": "arXiv:2608.11512v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The question of whether artificial intelligence will \"destroy jobs\" is too coarse to guide economic analysis or institutional design. A job is not an indivisible object, and machine cognition is not a uniform substitute for human labor. This paper develops a task-based and institutionally grounded framework for analyzing generative AI as cheap, scalable, and fallible cognition. The relevant margins are exposure, adoption, verification, question sel", "authors": "Christophe Kolb, Jim Caron", "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z", "source": "arXiv cs.CY", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18715" }, { "id": 18726, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11540", "title": "A Conceptual Framework for Enhancing Workforce Readiness for Smart Manufacturing in the AI Era", "summary": "arXiv:2608.11540v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), Industrial Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, and advanced robotics is reshaping manufacturing faster than engineering curricula can adapt, widening the gap between the competencies required on the shop floor and those delivered by traditional engineering and technology education. This paper proposes a Workforce Readiness Level (WRL) framework, which adapts the Technology Readiness Level s", "authors": "Dalton Ross Smith, Wilburn Whittington, Alejandro Martinez, Aidan Duncan, Gang Li", "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy,military-security,children-education,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z", "source": "arXiv cs.CY", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18726" }, { "id": 18727, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11626", "title": "Organizational Technology Ladders: Remote Work and Generative AI Adoption", "summary": "arXiv:2608.11626v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This study proposes that firms move along an \"organizational technology ladder\": adopting one technology transforms hiring and work processes and builds skills and organizational capital that change the cost of adopting subsequent technologies. I study how firms' adoption of remote work technology during the COVID-19 period shaped later uptake of generative AI. Using U.S. job-posting data and an instrumental-variables strategy based on predicted", "authors": "Gregor Schubert", "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z", "source": "arXiv cs.CY", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18727" }, { "id": 18949, "url": "https://www.heise.de/news/Mistrals-grosse-Wette-auf-Europas-KI-Infrastruktur-11412099.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.atom.beitrag.beitrag", "title": "Mistrals große Wette auf Europas KI-Infrastruktur", "summary": "Um im Wettbewerb mit großen KI-Anbietern zu bestehen, wandelt sich das europäische KI-Labor Mistral zunehmend vom Modellentwickler zum KI-Infrastrukturanbieter.", "authors": "Tomislav Bezmalinović", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z", "source": "Heise Online (DE)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18949" }, { "id": 19452, "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12792v1", "title": "Considering Contribution Statements in Visualization and HCI Research", "summary": "Contribution statements are an increasingly common way to make research labor visible, reduce academic malfeasance, and provide broader transparency. Despite this potential value, they remain uncommon in visualization and HCI. To explore this gap, we conducted an online study with (N=21) visualization and HCI researchers. We find a range of differing opinions about the utility of contribution statements, which are set against a background of tensions relating to contribution frameworks that inad", "authors": "Mara Solen, Wesley Willett, Andrew M McNutt", "category": "research", "topics": "jobs-economy,transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-13T03:53:53.000Z", "source": "arXiv cs.HC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19452" }, { "id": 18894, "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2235951/a-rare-retro-arcade-machine-featured-in-soylent-green-is-up-for-auction", "title": "A rare two-player Computer Space arcade machine is up for auction", "summary": "The sparkly cabinet is part of a huge retro tech auction focused on Steve Jobs and the computer revolution.", "authors": "staff@engadget.com (Jessica Conditt)", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-12T23:34:18.000Z", "source": "Engadget AI", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18894" } ], "attribution": "via ethics.ai" }