Publication:
Axios AI Plus
Authors: Megan Morrone and Emily Peck
Date: September 8, 2025
One Big Thing: AI Job Anxiety is Coming at the Worst Time
Workers at all stages of their careers — from job hunters to job havers — are increasingly anxious about the lightning-fast deployment of AI.
Why it matters: Their fears come at a particularly fraught moment, with jobs in scarce supply, hiring frozen in many industries, and corporate leaders relentlessly pushing this technology as a replacement for humans.