{
  "id": 16728439,
  "title": "AI Breaks the Traditional Relationship Between Business Growth and Hiring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/ai-breaks-the-traditional-relationship-between-business-growth-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-27T08:00:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/smbs/2026/ai-breaks-the-traditional-relationship-between-business-growth-and-hiring/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Artificial intelligence is creating a new competitive question for small businesses. What happens when revenue can grow without payroll growing alongside it? The PYMNTS Intelligence report “New Data Shows Small Businesses Use AI to Grow Without Hiring,” part of the SMB Growth Monitor, found in October that 60% of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using […] The post AI Breaks the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}