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Brent D. Griffiths
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he no longer thinks there will be a "jobs apocalypse."
AI leaders are shifting how they talk about AI's job impact after sparking fears of a white-collar wipeout
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the focus on maintaining the "human" part of roles means the AI job wipeout some expected is going to happen.
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Altman and colleagues are tempering job-apocalypse narratives, reframing as task-level automation; the shift responds to public backlash (71% of Americans oppose AI's pace) and political pressure. As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare IPOs, the messaging pivot from job elimination to task-automation framing reflects industry adaptation to legitimacy constraints.
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