{
  "id": 17230714,
  "title": "Goldman says AI layoffs are starting to leave a ‘long-lasting’ scar, just like the last 40 years of history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/goldman-says-ai-layoffs-are-starting-to-leave-a-long-lasting-scar",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T13:09:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/goldman-sachs-ai-layoffs-displaced-workers-older-workers-past-tech-disruptions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Goldman Sachs has identified a concerning trend in the aftermath of AI-driven job losses, finding that the initial wave of workers displaced from AI-exposed jobs in 2025 are experiencing difficulties similar to those from previous technological disruptions over the past four decades. Eeconomist Pierfrancesco Mei discovered that these displaced workers took about a month longer to find new employment compared to others, and were 10 percentage points more likely to remain unemployed a year later. These impacts are comparable in magnitude to earlier waves of technological change, Mei noted, describing the damage as \"long-lasting.\" Older workers, aged 35 and above, faced longer reintegration periods, with a five-week delay compared to other displaced workers, while those under 35 experienced a three-week gap. The broader government data corroborates this, showing that those displaced between 2023 and 2025 had a lower rate of returning to full-time work by January 2026 compared to previous age groups.",
  "summary": "Workers 35 and older are taking the biggest hit, as finding a job takes about five weeks longer—and that's an AI-exposed job, too.",
  "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."
}