The 'job seeker recession' is here

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Robin Peppers Daniel (left), Aaron Laniewicz (center), Valerie Lockhart (right)
Robin Peppers Daniel (left), Aaron Laniewicz (center), Valerie Lockhart (right)

Robin Peppers Daniel (left), Aaron Laniewicz (center), Valerie Lockhart (right)

Job seekers haven't felt this dreary about their options since the pandemic

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Americans are feeling less sure that they'd be able to find a new role in the next three months.

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No mediocre worker is safe — the bar for keeping your job just went up

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5 architects of AI share the pros and cons of superintelligence

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Left to right: Craig Mundie, Ramana Kumar, Camille Stewart Gloster
Left to right: Craig Mundie, Ramana Kumar, Camille Stewart Gloster

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How AI could destroy — or save — humanity, according to AI experts

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Artificial intelligence could transform medicine, education, and scientific discovery, but it could also deepen inequality, supercharge cybercrime, erase jobs, and put unprecedented power in the hands of governments and tech companies.

Goldman Sachs says companies are getting better at hiring — and doing less of it

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Fewer early job exits suggest companies are getting better at matching workers with the right roles, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis.

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The coauthor of a viral research report says blue-collar jobs won't be safe from an AI-driven recession

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AI research sparks global stock sell-off amid fears of job loss and economic slowdown.

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The economy grew strongly last year, but hiring stagnated. It's making the gap between the rich and everyone else worse.

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The US added very few jobs in 2025.

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Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla wants to 'rethink' capitalism for the AI era — and suggests scrapping taxes for 125 million people

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Vinod Khosla says stock prices aren't the way to evaluate AI bubbles.

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There won't be a jobs report on Friday because of the government shutdown

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BLS won't be publishing the jobs report on Friday as originally scheduled.

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