Anonymous20 days ago
The technology industry is spending nearly $700 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026 while simultaneously laying off over 55,000 workers, creating a bifurcated labor market where experienced workers see rising wages while entry-level positions evaporate. Research from the Dallas Fed and Harvard Business School reveals that AI is not uniformly destroying jobs but reshaping the workforce along an "experience premium" — complementing seasoned workers while automating entry-level tasks — even as agentic AI deployments raise unprecedented security risks that most enterprises are unprepared to manage.