Jobs News Watch Out, Workers This Billionaire’s Ai Is Coming For Blue Collar Jobs

White-Collar Workers Fear AI, But For Blue-Collar Workers, It Can Be A Savior

AI can help fix the broken hiring systems that shut out many qualified blue-collar workers, writes guest author Daniel Walsh of VeroSkills, who points out that AI-driven hiring can shrink vacancies, ... Read More

Blue-Collar Jobs Are Collapsing Under Trump

But for all the hand-wringing over the potentially ill-fated employees of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, a quieter crisis appears to be unfolding for the U.S.'s blue-collar employees, despite the ... Read More

AI Really is Coming For the Jobs

This is an edition of the WSJ Technology newsletter, a weekly digest of tech columns, big stories and personal tech advice. If you’re not subscribed, sign up here. Is AI coming for your job? It ... Read More

Not even blue-collar jobs are safe from automation—the era of robots is here and for $20K you can already buy your first robo housekeeper

When you think of AI replacing jobs, you may imagine tech infiltrating offices and swiping the work of a white-collar desk worker. But now, it’s coming for blue-collar jobs too. Or more specifically, ... Read More

62% of workers would take a blue-collar job if it offered better pay and stability than their current role, says new report

Would you consider taking a blue-collar job that promised better pay and stability than your current role? In a recent FlexJobs report, the majority of respondents said yes. In the remote jobs site's ... Read More

Watch out, workers: Amazon's flex this week shows how AI is transforming jobs.

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Top Economist Warns White-Collar Workers Are Facing Their 'Detroit Auto Worker' Moment As AI Begins Replacing Cognitive Jobs

Speaking on MSNBC, Wolfers argued that, unlike every major technological shift in the past, AI is the first to replace cognitive work rather than manual labor. “Almost every previous technological ... Read More

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? Read More

Everyone thinks AI is replacing factory workers, but Amazon’s layoffs show it’s coming for middle management first

Just as news outlets shared leaked Amazon documents suggesting the company could replace half a million warehouse jobs with robots, the e-commerce giant pulled the rug out and laid off 14,000 middle ... Read More