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Job layoffs: Tech giants cut jobs as AI takes over tasks

Artificial intelligence-led automation has driven record global layoffs in 2025, with total job cuts hitting 1.17 million, the highest since 2020. Tech giants and major corporations are accelerating ...
The Vindicator

Task force arrests 13 in sex stings

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost jointly announced more arrests by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force late Thursday afternoon.
Diginomica

Robotics and AI – US Congress hears bold, but partial, future visions

How are robotics and AI affecting US jobs and the economy? And how should they be? A Congressional Hearing last month explored these issues. As part of hearings into frontier technology the Joint ...
Forbes

Why AI Era Job Descriptions Will Prioritize Cognition Over Tasks

For three years, the conversation about work has fixated on a single question: Which jobs will vanish? Given what we know now, that's not the question to ask. Historically, companies staffed by role ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Allianz Unit Discussing Call Center Jobs Cuts in AI Transition

Allianz SE is in talks about potential job cuts at its assistance and travel insurance subsidiary Allianz Partners as it seeks to use more artifical intelligence. The cuts will likely affect call ...
Fast Company

MIT study finds AI is already capable of replacing 11.7% of U.S. workers

A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that AI might be poised to replace a lot more jobs than previously forecast. According to researchers, a hidden mass of data reveals ...
Wall Street Journal

How the Internet Rewired Work—and What That Tells Us About AI’s Likely Impact

Remember when America Online CDs carpeted America and “You’ve got mail” felt like the future? The internet did transform work—but not the way 1998 thought. The surprises weren’t just CEOs in hoodies ...
Computerworld

AI-related layoffs often hit entry-level roles, young workers

Though official US jobs data for October was missing because of the recent government shutdown, private firms see AI-related layoffs taking a toll on the workforce. Mass layoffs at top tech firms and ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Iowa DOGE Task Force looks to eliminate training program at community colleges

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa DOGE task force is recommending ending a program run by the state’s community colleges that helps businesses hire and train new employees. For more than 40 years, ...
USA Today

Is AI coming for your job? Maybe. See which industries are most, least at risk

As the job market cools and companies announce layoffs or drops in hiring tied to artificial intelligence, Americans are asking a familiar but urgent question: Is automation coming for their jobs?
The New York Times

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations. Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has ...