Overview

• OpenAI’s Sam Altman declared that AI has entered a take-off phase, echoing warnings from Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and CEOs Jim Farley and Andy Jassy that efficiency gains could wipe out up to half of entry-level and white-collar roles by 2030.
• A MIT-Stanford field study shows GPT-powered tools boost support-ticket resolution by 14% overall and 34% for less experienced representatives.
• McKinsey Global Institute projects automation of up to 30% of US work hours by 2030 while Goldman Sachs forecasts a 7% global GDP increase driven by AI productivity.
• New specialist positions such as prompt engineers, model-bias auditors and AI operations technicians are emerging to meet growing demand for AI expertise.
• Experts urge coordinated upskilling and institutional reforms to equip workers for evolving job demands and to avert a surge in long-term unemployment.