Work & Labor

Jobs, workers, productivity, and the changing terms of AI-assisted work.

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Research / 2 hours ago / 3 min read

Cognizant finds four in five workers want more AI use than their jobs permit

The company’s workplace study separates willingness from readiness: employees report poor tool fit, and strong training does not eliminate the use of unapproved alternatives.

Enterprise adoption / 3 hours ago / 2 min read

Kroger to eliminate 3,000 corporate jobs over three years as it increases AI use

The restructuring pairs technology adoption with reducing duplicated work. Its corporate focus matters: the planned cuts are not 37% of Kroger’s entire workforce.

Launch / 3 hours ago / 3 min read

Workday names Sana its new home screen for AI-driven HR and finance

The Rising announcement combines a personalized employee interface, automated service requests, and new tools for assessing how AI changes jobs and business decisions.

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Workforce changes / Hiring / Layoffs / Productivity / Worker protections / Labor policy

Why it matters

Why work matters.

AI's effects on jobs, workers, hiring, workplace practices, productivity, and labor rights.

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Workplace adoption determines who captures AI's productivity gains.

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Job design and worker power can change before headline employment numbers do.

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Policy, training, and management choices shape whether AI augments or displaces work.

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Business

Enterprise adoption, partnerships, earnings, platform strategy, and market shifts.

Agents

AI agents, agentic systems, computer use, autonomous workflows, and multi-agent software.

Policy

Lawsuits, regulation, copyright, safety debates, government action, and labor policy.

Platform shift Business

MIT Technology Review reveals how failed startups sell workplace data for AI training

SimpleClosure says its marketplace has handled more than 150 deals. Buyers prize records of real workplace decisions, but comparative training gains remain unproven.

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Funding Business

POSCO DX invests 2 billion won in Enhans to build AI agents around workers’ know-how

The linked cooperation agreement targets knowledge that rarely makes it into manuals. Office testing comes first; production, equipment and logistics are planned next.

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Partnership Business

HCLTech signs Anthropic partnership to bring Claude into enterprise systems

The agreement combines deployment services, workforce training and planned software integrations, with human oversight promised for high-impact changes.

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Pricing change Business

Bank of America upgrades Salesforce to Buy, betting AI will deepen customer reliance

The bank now argues that AI assistants can strengthen Salesforce’s underlying platform, even if workers stop opening its apps. Slower adoption remains its biggest near-term concern.

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Business

IMF chief warns AI could weaken tax revenues as it reshapes work

Kristalina Georgieva says shifting income away from labor could strain public finances, even as the IMF sees a substantial growth dividend for advanced Asian economies.

2 min

Policy

Singapore’s president urges lasting hiring support as AI squeezes graduates’ first jobs

Tharman Shanmugaratnam wants crisis-era employment measures built into lasting policy, alongside on-the-job learning and more applied university training.

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Business

U.S. software job postings rise nearly 15%, but senior roles drive the rebound

Demand for experienced developers is recovering, even as early-career employment falls. The divide raises a longer-term question about where tomorrow’s senior talent will come from.

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Work & Labor

Cognizant finds four in five workers want more AI use than their jobs permit

Kroger to eliminate 3,000 corporate jobs over three years as it increases AI use

Workday names Sana its new home screen for AI-driven HR and finance

Why work matters.

Recent work coverage

Rice commits to 40 more AI faculty hires in universitywide initiative

Follow the adjacent shifts.

MIT Technology Review reveals how failed startups sell workplace data for AI training

POSCO DX invests 2 billion won in Enhans to build AI agents around workers’ know-how

HCLTech signs Anthropic partnership to bring Claude into enterprise systems

Bank of America upgrades Salesforce to Buy, betting AI will deepen customer reliance

IMF chief warns AI could weaken tax revenues as it reshapes work

Singapore’s president urges lasting hiring support as AI squeezes graduates’ first jobs

U.S. software job postings rise nearly 15%, but senior roles drive the rebound

Work & Labor

Cognizant finds four in five workers want more AI use than their jobs permit

Kroger to eliminate 3,000 corporate jobs over three years as it increases AI use

Workday names Sana its new home screen for AI-driven HR and finance

Why work matters.

Recent work coverage

Rice commits to 40 more AI faculty hires in universitywide initiative

Follow the adjacent shifts.

Work moves fast.Read the shift, not the noise.

MIT Technology Review reveals how failed startups sell workplace data for AI training

POSCO DX invests 2 billion won in Enhans to build AI agents around workers’ know-how

HCLTech signs Anthropic partnership to bring Claude into enterprise systems

Bank of America upgrades Salesforce to Buy, betting AI will deepen customer reliance

IMF chief warns AI could weaken tax revenues as it reshapes work

Singapore’s president urges lasting hiring support as AI squeezes graduates’ first jobs

U.S. software job postings rise nearly 15%, but senior roles drive the rebound