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The hype that wasn't ... How AI leaders are rapidly changing their tune. (from the WSJ) Link: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...

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• Sam Altman told CNBC the AI industry 'underestimated how much we're going to be able to keep people at the center of everything.'
• An EY-Parthenon poll found CEOs expecting AI investments to cut headcount fell from roughly 46% in January 2025 to 20% by May 2026.
• MIT economist David Autor said leaders 'may have realized it was simply bad business to say that your great new product will destroy the economy.'

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The recent acceleration in labor productivity is driven less by AI's direct efficiency gains than by higher capital utilization (itself partly a result of the AI buildout) from @ernietedeschi.bsky.social

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I cannot tell you how many people have complained to me that we don't have a national survey asking how people use AI. If that includes you, here's your chance to comment on BLS's plans to ask about AI use in the American Time Use Survey starting in Jan. '27 fedscoop.com/burea…

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