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Altman Slams AI Washing; Data Shows 13% Early-Career Job Loss

5/4/2026

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said companies are “AI washing” by blaming layoffs on AI.
A National Bureau of Economic Research survey and Yale Budget Lab analysis of BLS data found no AI impact on employment, with 90% of executives in the U.S. and U.K. seeing no effect.
Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson reported a 2.7% productivity rise and a 13% drop in early-career employment in high-AI-exposure jobs.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said companies are “AI washing” by blaming layoffs on AI.
A National Bureau of Economic Research survey and Yale Budget Lab analysis of BLS data found no AI impact on employment, with 90% of executives in the U.S. and U.K. seeing no effect.
Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson reported a 2.7% productivity rise and a 13% drop in early-career employment in high-AI-exposure jobs.