Overview
- The World Economic Forum’s 2025 survey finds half of employers plan to redirect their businesses by 2030 because of AI.
- Forty percent of organizations expect to reduce staff in highly automatable roles, while about two-thirds intend to hire workers with AI-specific competencies.
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company will trim its workforce as AI systems replace some employees.
- Shopify was reported to require teams seeking new headcount to first show that an AI cannot perform the requested work.
- Analyses highlight uneven exposure: UFRJ estimates 60% of occupations in Brazil could be highly affected, Pew flags information-processing roles as more at risk than manual or caregiving work, and experts foresee new roles alongside a premium on human judgment.