Overview

• Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman urged companies not to substitute entry-level hires with AI, calling the idea "one of the dumbest things" he has heard.
• OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Google’s Jeff Dean have argued that AI can act like or soon replace junior developers, highlighting a divide among industry leaders.
• Fortune reporting cited by German media says graduate hiring at the 15 largest tech firms has fallen by more than 50% since 2019, with other datasets showing steep drops in junior listings.
• Labor researchers at Germany’s IAB caution there is no proven, systematic link between AI and the decline in entry-level hiring, pointing instead to weak economic conditions and competition from experienced applicants.
• Fresh polling underscores anxiety beyond Germany, as a Reuters-commissioned survey finds most Americans expect harmful consequences from AI and 71% fear large job losses.