Other tech leaders have chimed in before. Earlier this year, Anthropic, an AI startup, flashed a big warning: AI could wipe out more than half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next one to five years. Ready or not, AI is reshaping, displacing and creating new roles as technology's impact on the job market ripples across multiple sectors. The AI frenzy has fueled a lot of anxiety from workers who fear their jobs could be automated. Roughly half of U.S. workers are worried about how AI may be used in the workplace in the future and few think AI will lead to more job opportunities in the long run, according to a Pew Research Center report. The heightened fear comes as major tech companies, such as Microsoft, Intel, Amazon and Meta cut workers, push for more efficiency and promote their AI tools. Tech companies have rolled out AI-powered features that can generate code, analyze data, develop apps and help complete other tedious tasks.
Anyone watching the news in recent days may have noticed how the Trump administration, and specifically Donald Trump, seems to be almost celebrating the opening of new prisons.
Donald Trump signs his "one big beautiful bill" today at the White House. Trump goes off on an ill-informed tirade demeaning renewable energy sources like wind. Trump states, "I have never seen a wind farm in China," making the claim that China doesn't produce wind energy. A simple search on the internet shows that China is the global leader in wind energy. Read more
"There is a 70% likelihood that when they get to whatever that university is outside of Illinois, they're not coming back," Pritzker said at a news conference in March. "That's a real problem, so we want to keep our best and brightest in the state."
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During Joe Biden's four years in the White House, MAGA Republicans repeatedly questioned his physical and mental fitness. Donald Trump often described Biden as "Sleepy Joe," insisting that unlike the then-president, he was in excellent health and had a very high IQ.
There's a reason for the signs covered with black bags popping up at exits along the Merritt Parkway. Crews with the Connecticut Department of Transportation are in the midst of putting up signs that will change out the parkways's old exit numbers for new ones. The change, according to the DOT, was prompted by regulations from the federal government requiring states to use a mileage-based exit numbering system.
When Kneecap performed at Glastonbury music festival this year -- a performance that the British Prime Minister opposed before the band even took the stage -- bandmember Mo Chara told the crowd, "us three have no right to be on this stage in front of this many people, rapping predominantly in a language that even people at home don't even speak."
Multiple studies have found that the use of generative AI tools can harm intelligence and creativity. Here's how to use it to make you smarter, not dumber.
Exclusive: The powerful film the BBC refused to air is out now, released globally by Zeteo. It documents Israel's destruction of Gaza's hospitals and the killing of Palestinian doctors.
Congress has officially passed President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" on Thursday afternoon after back-to-back sleepless sessions for both the House and Senate. The massive agenda bill now goes to Trump's desk to be signed into law just in time for Republicans' self-imposed Fourth of July deadline.
Kashanian arrived in the US in 1978 on a student visa and has lived in the country ever since. She later applied for asylum, citing fears of persecution due to her father's ties to the US-backed Shah of Iran. Her asylum request was ultimately denied, but she was granted a stay of removal on the condition she comply with immigration requirements, a condition her family says she always met. Kashanian was so careful about regularly attending her meetings with immigration officials that she once checked in from South Carolina during Hurricane Katrina. Read more
US labor market adds 147,000 jobs in June while unemployment falls to 4.1% Read more
Europe's first airfield-to-airfield flight of a fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has taken place. Aviation history was made by Banbury based Skyfly Technologies, who saw its Axe aircraft travel from Turweston Aerodrome in Northamptonshire to Bicester Airfield in Oxfordshire, and back again. Read more
Donald Trump's huge budget bill is heading for a final vote in the US House of Representatives. The plan - which Trump calls the "big beautiful bill" - has been held up in Congress over concerns about the impact on national debt, and healthcare. But in the early hours of Thursday, Republican rebels fell into line.
"Is there an expected timeframe that detainees will stay here?" a reporter asked Trump, referring to the budding concentration camp in the Glades. "Days, weeks, month?" Trump's response, which began with "I'm gonna spend a lot. This is my home state. I love it. I'll spend a lot of time here," shows how he nailed it as Old Puddinghead. Read more
