Artificial intelligence labor economics examines how the diffusion of AI and related automation technologies alters employment, job content, and wage structures across sectors and occupations. The field quantifies task-level exposure to AI, heterogeneous productivity effects, and resulting patterns of job displacement, creation, and reorganization, including impacts on entry-level roles, creative and professional work, and gender or skill-based pay gaps. It also studies adoption dynamics, governance and organizational challenges, and emerging social and geographic divides in AI use and benefits.
Machine learning & AI
As the rapid development of artificial intelligence triggers a renewed debate about its risks, the United States and China keep racing to develop increasingly powerful models.
Sep 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
The world's biggest AI companies are working to create a standards body, ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday, as fears rise about the dangers of AI and pressure mounts to create a safer version of the technology.
Sep 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Calls to rein in the development of ever more powerful AI models are fueling fears over the massive capital outlays in the sector—and the prospect that profits from the promised revolution might not be enough to cover them.
Sep 14, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Earlier this week, researcher Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic, saying the firm and its competitors are "gambling with our lives." "We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans," added current Anthropic researcher Evan ...
Sep 11, 2026
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Software
New research suggests that generative artificial intelligence (AI) could weaken not only employment opportunities for junior software developers but also the pathway through which they develop into senior professionals.
Sep 10, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of everyday life in the U.S., but Americans are far less comfortable when it shifts from something they use to something that makes decisions about them, according to a new survey ...
Sep 9, 2026
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Robotics
Waving flags, "chanting" slogans and marching in circles, around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw on Monday to campaign for AI regulation in front of the Polish digital affairs ministry.
Sep 7, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists worldwide have been developing a wide range of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Some of these systems rely on an individual AI agent, while others consist of multiple interacting agents that exchange ...
Telecom
A research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) proposed a new Reasoning-Empowered Task-Oriented Communication (TOC) framework that enables AI agents to determine what information to share, ...
Sep 1, 2026
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Internet
The way Australians consume news has been changing for the past 30 years, ever since internet use became widespread.
Aug 31, 2026
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