{
  "id": 657704,
  "title": "AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ai-was-supposed-to-destroy-jobs-wheres-the-carnage-657704",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/12/ai-job-destruction"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come. The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. “Half” of all entry-level white collar jobs would vanish, Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, said in May 2025. A month later, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman , went further, foreseeing the end of “certain job…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ai-was-supposed-to-destroy-jobs-wheres-the-carnage",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:00:27.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "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."
}