Topic · updated daily · RSS feed for this topic
Jobs & economy
What AI is doing to work: displacement studies, productivity research, labor disputes and workforce policy, updated daily.
Meta sued by 26 employees who say its AI systems targeted workers on medical leave for layoffs
Twenty-six current and former Meta employees have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the company of using AI-powered systems that disproportionately targeted workers with disabilities or who had taken medical leave when selecting people for mass layoffs. The suit, filed Monday in Oakland, California, alleges that Meta relied on productivity metrics and AI token usage data […] This story continues at The Next Web
Former Branch Kenya CEO Rose Muturi joins Moniepoint to lead Kenya operations
The appointment suggests that the unicorn is moving from securing a regulatory foothold in East Africa’s biggest economy to building a banking business.
What's on in the Lords 13-17 July
regenerative agriculture impact of AI on employment impact of climate change on housing finance White Paper on water reform and protections for chalk streams. Legislation Members 'tidied up' the Steel ...
‘Holy grail’ of naked mole-rat research reveals how queens rule
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Discover Journals Location: Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing or Pune, Hybrid Working Model Application Deadl... Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing or Pune, Hybrid Working ...
Q&A with World Bank Group's Arturo Herrera and Zahid Hasnain on Strengthening the Global Public Workforce
The World Bank Group’s Public Workforce Performance and Prosperity global report brings novel data analytics to the study of public administration and focuses on how to make the world’s 400 million ...
Dimon says AI already eliminated 30 to 40 percent of jobs in some JPMorgan divisions
JPMorgan Chase has cut jobs by as much as 40 percent in some parts of the bank using artificial intelligence, CEO Jamie Dimon told analysts during the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday. But investors hoping the technology will dramatically improve profit margins are likely to be disappointed. Dimon said that in a competitive market, […] This story continues at The Next Web
Robots and sectoral FDI: Why automation attracts technology-driven but not resource-driven investment in OECD countries
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technology in Society, Volume 88 Author(s): Brahim Bergougui
Robots and post-retirement labor supply: Evidence from China
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Telecommunications Policy, Volume 50, Issue 8 Author(s): Mengxuan Wu, Weiwei Zheng, Wei Wang
Beyond carbon productivity paradox of artificial intelligence through adaptive capability: A perspective of technology complementarity effect
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technology in Society, Volume 88 Author(s): Wenxin Mao, Leyi Huang, Huifang Sun, Wenping Wang, Dang Luo
Imagining circular economy transitions in Mediterranean intensive agriculture: Expert priorities and reformist pathways in southeastern Spain
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Futures, Volume 182 Author(s): Francisco José Castillo-Díaz, Irene Marruecos-Rodríguez, María José López-Serrano, Luis J. Belmonte-Ureña
Does technological progress lower the labor income share? Evidence from OECD countries
Publication date: August 2026 Source: Technology in Society, Volume 87 Author(s): Keyi Xu, Yangfen Chen
Restrictions on municipal broadband provision and mothers’ labor market outcomes: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Telecommunications Policy, Volume 50, Issue 8 Author(s): Jessica Van Parys, Saket Hegde
From digital technologies to platform circular economy performance: The role of digital platform ecosystem orchestration and platform structural assurance
Publication date: August 2026 Source: Technology in Society, Volume 87 Author(s): Weng Marc Lim, Imran Shafique, Munazza Saeed, Lingxin Li
Creator strategies in the platform economy: How frequency, consistency, and content type affect YouTube engagement, attention, and revenue
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Telecommunications Policy, Volume 50, Issue 8 Author(s): Eugene Choi, Jaeyoung Park, Sewon Eom, Jinho Park, Seongcheol Kim
Bridging technological innovation and socio-technical transitions: A generative AI model for predicting circular economy readiness
Publication date: August 2026 Source: Technology in Society, Volume 87 Author(s): Adolf Acquaye, Pratyush Kumar Patro, Enoch Quaye, Fred A. Yamoah, Adhi S. Balakrishnan, Ammar Sammour
Transparency in the datafied workplace: Law, workers, and job applicant perspectives
Publication date: August 2026 Source: Technology in Society, Volume 87 Author(s): Carlotta Rigotti, Daniel Alves Fernandes, Antoni Mut Piña, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga
Artificial intelligence exposure and labor market transformations in Latin America
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 230 Author(s): Pablo Egana-delSol, Claudio Bravo-Ortega
Deconstructing the green productivity paradox: How AI-enabled green innovation shapes efficiency and technological change
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 230 Author(s): Yuan Wang
Digital trade policy, innovation, and employment: Evidence from cross-border e-commerce pilot zones
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 230 Author(s): Yuchen Wu, Qi Zhen, Yabin Zhang, Yang Gao
Hope, signals, and silicon: A game-theoretic model of the pre-doctoral academic labor market in the age of AI
Publication date: October 2026 Source: Research Policy, Volume 55, Issue 8 Author(s): Shaohui Wang
How technological progress in robotics, AI, and IT/ICT/IoT reshapes employment: A robust analysis for the United States
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 230 Author(s): Amir Khakbaz, Behnam Malmir
At cross purposes? Housing markets and innovation in American Political Economy
Publication date: October 2026 Source: Research Policy, Volume 55, Issue 8 Author(s): James D.G. Wood
AIAHPC 2026 : IEEE 2026 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Automation and High Performance Computing
IEEE 2026 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Automation and High Performance Computing [Xi'an, China] [Sep 18, 2026 - Sep 20, 2026]
Big banks and Big Tech are surfing the same wave
Wall Street is no longer the only industry reaching into every corner of the economy
Concho AI turns enterprise codebases into a knowledge layer for AI agents
Concho AI today introduced its flagship platform, an artificial intelligence platform that understands software development and application work, providing deep semantic understanding and organization that enable developers and AI agents to transform and modernize massive, sprawling codebases into something manageable. “Its job is to provide an intelligence level that you would normally get from a […] The post Concho AI turns enterprise codebases into a knowledge layer for AI agents appeared fir
Goldman economist offers a reality check on AI adoption: it took 15 years for computers to really show up in the data
Elsie Peng's research draws an uncomfortable parallel to the PC revolution: productivity gains took 15 years to materialize last time.
AI could lead to large-scale job displacement, say Nobel laureates
Hundreds of economics and artificial intelligence researchers warned Monday that institutions must begin preparing for the potential economic upheaval AI could unleash, while putting many jobs at risk. The open letter, signed by Nobel laureates, top computer scientists and technology executives, including from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, said policymakers “must act now” to address the...
If you're still on a single monitor, this is the best workflow upgrade you can make
This simple, and sometimes free, change will enhance both your productivity and entertainment.
CMOs Are Asking The Wrong Question About AI And Marketing Roles
Every B2B CMO I talk to right now is asking a version of the same question: What roles do I need on my team for the future? It is a fair question. It is also the wrong one to lead with. AI is not changing marketing by introducing a fixed set of new jobs to […]
AI investment boom could turn to bust, warns BIS paper
The trillion-dollar AI investment boom risks a bust that could damage the global economy, the Bank for International Settlements has warned.
What's the difference between active noise canceling and passive?
The frustrating science of keeping your ears from doing their job.
Aïra: Rethinking AI Research Assistants for Interdisciplinary Science
Scientific discovery increasingly depends on interdisciplinary teams whose members contribute distinct expertise, conceptual frameworks, vocabularies, assumptions, and standards of evidence. Today's AI research assistants are largely designed to support individual researchers through literature review, writing assistance, coding, and data analysis. While these capabilities improve personal productivity, they provide little support for the collaborative reasoning required to integrate knowledge a
Opinion: America’s Public Schools Are Pushing 50. It’s Time To Act Like It
The average public school building in America is now 49 years old. In more than half of U.S. school districts, those buildings require significant repairs or full replacement. Too many students are trying to prepare for a 21st-century economy in facilities that are no longer capable of supporting a 21st-century education. If communities continue treating […]
U.S. Workers Are More Productive Than Ever. A.I. Isn’t the Key.
Companies have been getting more out of employees for several years. Tight labor markets, digitization and remote work are among the reasons.
Text-Aided Multi-Modal Panoptic Symbol Spotting for CAD Floor Plan Drawings
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) floor plan drawings contain both graphical primitives and textual annotations, which provide complementary geometric and semantic cues for intelligent design understanding. Among CAD analysis tasks, panoptic symbol spotting has become increasingly important with the growing demand for industrial digitalization and deep learning-based automation. However, most existing methods remain primarily primitive-centric and underexploit textual annotations, despite their critic
Space Force: Additional Actions Needed to Address Workforce Challenges
What GAO Found The Space Force is the smallest military service, with about 15,400 total personnel in fiscal year 2025. The Space Force largely inherited its workforce from other services and has completed some assessments as it seeks to right-size its force to meet growing missions. However, it determines personnel requirements based on a mix of analyses that are not consistent across Space Force units. Further, some units operate under personnel requirements that are outdated and do not reflec
Job cuts at smartphone maker Oppo South Africa
As part of a review of its operating structure process, the company says a limited number of roles have been affected.
Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Sherwood News shuts down and axes staff
Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026. The post Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Sherwood News shuts down and axes staff appeared first on Press Gazette .
Does GenAI perpetuate gender inequality in tech?
Women are less likely to use GenAI tools than men, and female-dominated occupations face higher displacement risk, warns Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.
Gauteng ignored AG warning before job portal breach
The e-Government department failed to implement a recommended security measure before the breach exposed applicants’ data.