IMF says AI could hit up to 60% of jobs in advanced economies
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Separate IMF analysis described AI as a 'slow-moving tsunami' for labor markets, estimating that 40% of jobs globally — and up to 60% in advanced economies — will eventually be augmented, downgraded or eliminated.
IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast marginally to 3.1% -- but warns the world economy is "nearing the limits of its resilience." Calls AI a “slow-moving tsunami” for jobs. Says 40% of global jobs will eventually be augmented, downgraded or eliminated. @apnews.com
The International Monetary Fund raised its 2026 growth projection for Japan by 0.1 percentage point from its previous forecast, citing "fiscal support measures partly cushioning the impact from higher energy prices." https://www. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 /10/13/economy/imf-growth-forecast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon # business #…
I keep looking at the openrouter token charts and its exponential growth. Month on month they out out more and more tokens and critically the quality of those tokens keeps increasing as well. The charts are led entirely by the chinese open weight models like deepseek v4.1 flash and Z.AI's GLM-5.3 with Claude and GPT down in 6th and 7th place.So…
💼 IMF warns of an AI jobs 'tsunami' The World Bank's jobs council wants crisis-era employment support, as the IMF warns of an AI 'tsunami' hitting work. 🔗 cnbc.com/2026/10/12/imf-world-bank-ai-jobs-inflation-.html #AI #Jobs #IMF
There might be some selection bias here, since using Claude code or Cursor et al can be done directly with first party API keys and those users never need openrouter.
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