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A closed-door D.C. simulation with 40 economists and policymakers predicts AI will double GDP growth but spike underemployment to 14%, leading to social instability unless radical government interventions are enacted.

Google announces new community investments in Virginia to support local jobs, expand electrical apprenticeship training, and launch a $15 million Energy Impact Fund to improve energy affordability.

Opendoor is shutting down its India operations, citing a shift toward smaller AI-native teams and bringing work back to the U.S. The decision has sparked debate about whether AI is altering the cost-arbitrage model that made India a global outsourcing hub.

At SXSW London, MIT Technology Review senior editor Will Douglas Heaven outlined five key AI themes in 2026, including the mundane use of generative AI for office tasks, the uncertainty about AI's impact on jobs, and the real-world dangers of weaponized deepfakes.

Jensen Huang gave a shocking answer on whether AI will replace human jobs.

OpenAI announced that its data center project will bear its own energy infrastructure costs, use a water-saving closed-loop cooling system, is expected to be completed in 2027, create 2,500 construction jobs and 450 long-term positions, and bring in approximately $1 billion in tax revenue.

Cheaper AI technology is increasing demand and creating more jobs, with no evidence of widespread AI-related job losses, according to an Apollo report.

Palantir announces a Neurodivergent Fellowship targeting software developers, with compensation ranging from $110,000 to $200,000 per year.

Anthropic CEO points out that software will become extremely cheap or even free, but also warns that some professions may completely disappear, emphasizing that many have yet to realize the scale of this change.