AI IMPACTTHE HUMAN SIDE OF AI
Clear reporting on the people, work, communities, and decisions being reshaped by artificial intelligence.
THE DAILY DESK
Lead report
A new Anthropic index finds robots can do 74% of US physical job tasks but undercut workers on just 0.3%. So why are the layoff notices already going out?
Oct 5, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
A McKinsey report says AI will add 41 million US jobs by 2035 - but only after wiping out 36 million and telling 11 million workers to find new careers.
Oct 4, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
Washington's 'morally binding' AI safety pact has no enforcement, and the only real accountability left is a lawsuit filed years after the damage is done.
Oct 3, 2026 AI Impact News
THE IMPACT TEST
What does this change for a real person — at work, at home, or in the community?
OUR EDITORIAL LENS
AI coverage often stops at the demo. We follow the second-order effects: the job redesigned, the neighborhood burdened, the patient helped, the decision made opaque.
Our newsroom brings together negative and positive impact stories, grounded in public evidence and written for people who want to understand what is actually changing.
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