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Study suggests AI is already leading to US job losses

Research by St Louis Fed says effect has been greatest in mathematical and computer sectors

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The US may be witnessing the early stages of job displacement driven by artificial intelligence, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis. The study, published on August 26, finds that occupations embracing generative AI – such as computational and mathematical work – showed the largest increases in unemployment between 2022 and 2025.

“Workers might expect AI to augment rather than to replace their roles,” say the authors, Serdar Ozkan and Nicholas Sullivan. “Software

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