AI Is Changing Which Jobs Exist

This week, technology companies made big announcements about how artificial intelligence is affecting work. Many businesses showed that AI is being used to decide which jobs are no longer needed. Companies like Meta, Google, and Salesforce let workers go, often saying they wanted to focus more on AI development. According to business leaders, AI is not here to replace you, but someone using AI better than you will get your job. This means learning to use AI tools is becoming very important for keeping a job.

New AI Jobs Are Paying a Lot of Money

While some jobs are disappearing, new AI jobs are appearing with much higher pay. Companies are looking for AI engineers, prompt engineers, and AI content creators. In the United States, companies are also building more data centers, which is creating jobs in skilled trades like plumbing and electrical work. The competition for the best AI researchers is so intense that companies like Meta and OpenAI are offering millions of dollars to hire the smartest people. This means there are now two very different job markets: one where regular jobs are getting fewer and paying less, and another where AI jobs are getting more and paying much more.

Companies Are Teaching Workers How to Use AI

Smart companies are not just firing people—they are teaching workers to use AI to do their jobs better. For example, at one company called Moody's, employees teach AI tools to learn about difficult business decisions so that workers can focus on the hard parts that need human thinking. This approach helps workers spend time on things they care about like helping other team members and making big decisions, while AI handles the routine work. Companies that invest in training their workers are seeing better results than companies that just fire people without a plan.

Businesses Are Worried About Using AI Too Fast

According to surveys this week, many workers said their jobs have totally changed because of AI. Some workers are creating "workslop" (work that looks good but doesn't really mean anything) because they are using AI too quickly without checking if it is actually good. Workers are also feeling more stressed and burned out, but they are scared to quit because jobs are hard to find right now. Companies are pushing workers to use AI even if the tools make mistakes sometimes, which can create big problems. Business leaders are learning that rushing to use AI can actually make work worse instead of better.

Job Hunting Is Getting Harder Because of AI

This week, hiring news showed that the job market is moving very slowly, especially with new tariff policies making things uncertain. Young people are looking for jobs in skilled trades like construction and plumbing because these jobs are harder for AI to do and are in high demand. Companies are also creating their own job websites to find workers, which is a new thing happening this week. People looking for jobs are now using ChatGPT to write their resumes and practice interviews, which means companies are getting many more applications than before. However, some of these applications are not very good because they were made by AI instead of the real person.

The Future of Work Is Still Unclear

Experts say AI could help the economy grow faster next year if companies learn how to use it well. However, some experts worry that AI will replace many more jobs in the future, including jobs that we think are safe right now. The big question is whether companies will create new jobs as fast as AI replaces old ones. This week showed that AI is reshaping work faster than the internet did, so companies need to prepare their workers for big changes very soon.