Workers Train the Robots That May Replace Them
In India, workers are recording themselves doing physical labor to train AI robots — sometimes without knowing their footage could automate their own jobs.
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In India, workers are recording themselves doing physical labor to train AI robots — sometimes without knowing their footage could automate their own jobs.
China installed a record 354,000 industrial robots in 2025, 59% of the global total, as domestic suppliers now build more than half of them.
New wage data suggests AI is compressing pay rather than cutting jobs, hitting lower earners hardest even as unemployment holds steady.
Anthropic's Econ Scenario Explorer lets users test how AI could reshape the U.S. economy by 2030, from modest gains to a transformed, $44 trillion economy.
China's robot industry surges as humanoid robots enter factories, parks, and homes, with shipments reaching 97% of global market share.
At the 2026 World Robot Conference, China's robots are moving from demonstrations to real jobs - making coffee and sorting packages.
China's rapid automation has displaced over 30 million factory workers since 2013, raising urgent questions about labor, retraining, and social stability.
BNP Paribas Fortis plans to replace 1,000 jobs with AI over three years through natural attrition, signaling a major shift in Belgian banking.