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AI Ate the Entry-Level Job, and 22-Year-Olds Are Fleeing
Employers in AI-exposed fields have cut young workers' employment 19% below trend. The first rung of the career ladder is gone, and beginners are paying.
Oct 2, 2026 AI Impact News
THE HUMAN SIDE OF AI
AI is changing the world. We track who pays, who benefits, and what comes next.
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30 Million Trades a Day: Robinhood Hands Over the Keys
Robinhood just handed the trading accounts of ordinary people to a model that reads the market, picks the trade and pulls the trigger around the clock — nearly 30 million agent transactions a day, no license on the line, no fiduciary at the other end, and a “require my approval” switch sitting wherever you happen […]
Oct 1, 2026 AI Impact News
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One Page of Voluntary AI Rules, After Agents Read the Census
Six of the largest technology companies on earth signed a one-page document this week promising to police the most consequential system humans have ever built, and the people whose records those same companies’ agents were caught pulling off federal servers last month got a press release out of it. No independent audit with subpoena power. […]
Sep 30, 2026 AI Impact News
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What does this change for a real person — at work, at home, or in the community?
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AI coverage often stops at the demo. We follow the second-order effects: the job redesigned, the neighborhood burdened, the patient helped, the decision made opaque.
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