Microsoft AI Chief Predicts Complete White-Collar Job Automation Within 12-18 Months
Mustafa Suleyman says AI will achieve human-level performance on professional tasks including law, accounting, and project management by 2027.
Mustafa Suleyman says AI will achieve human-level performance on professional tasks including law, accounting, and project management by 2027.
UC Berkeley research shows AI tools increase productivity but lead to overwork, burnout, and cognitive fatigue as workers sacrifice breaks for more tasks.
Ex-Google ethicist Tristan Harris warns unchecked AI growth could cause job market collapse by 2027, with AI already causing 13% decline in early-career jobs.
UN experts are focusing on managing the AI transition to ensure benefits outweigh threats, with the ILO predicting that 1 in 4 jobs will be transformed by AI. UNESCO emphasizes education as central to AI literacy, while the UN calls for a human rights-first approach and international cooperation on AI governance under the Global Digital Compact framework.
A new Gallup poll shows that while overall AI adoption at work is flat, frequent use is rising, particularly among leaders and in knowledge-based roles. The data highlights a growing divide in AI integration across the workforce.
Tech leaders and unions clash at Davos over AI's role in the future of work. Experts urge a focus on augmenting human capabilities, not replacing jobs, to ensure AI's social acceptance and share its benefits.
A growing number of workers are expressing anxiety about the impact of AI on their jobs. Therapists report an increase in patients worried about becoming obsolete, while experts like Mike Rowe warn that white-collar jobs are most at risk.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, CEOs expressed divergent views on the future of work in the age of AI. While some, like Anthropic's CEO, predict rapid job displacement for roles like software engineers, others foresee a net creation of jobs and a surge in AI-driven growth.
World Economic Forum highlights urgent need for workforce reskilling as AI will affect 86% of businesses by 2030, with HCLTech demonstrating successful employee training in AI capabilities.
A new World Economic Forum report from Davos 2026 details how AI is restructuring workflows, realigning career paths, and impacting workplace wellbeing, based on insights from over 20 leading tech companies.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that artificial intelligence will be capable of performing all the tasks of a software engineer within the next 6 to 12 months.
A new study from Microsoft Research pinpoints high-skill, white-collar jobs in finance, legal services, and software engineering as the most exposed to disruption from generative AI. The research highlights that AI is increasingly capable of performing complex cognitive tasks, fundamentally restructuring these professions.
Global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos are raising alarms about AI's profound impact on the labor market, with the IMF describing it as a 'tsunami.' Discussions highlight nearly 55,000 US layoffs in 2025 attributed to AI and the urgent need for workforce upskilling.
New research from Pearson finds that pairing AI investment with employee upskilling is crucial to unlocking its full economic potential, which could add up to $6.6 trillion to the U.S. economy by 2034.
A new study from IBM reveals that 'AI-first' organizations are nearly 50% more likely to create new job roles and 46% more likely to redesign their organizational structure, signaling a shift from efficiency to innovation.