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Original Digital News Report 2026 chapter by Amy Ross Arguedas analyzing who uses AI chatbots for news, what they ask for and whether they follow links to publishers. Survey-based research; the chapter does not claim that chatbot use causes changes in news trust or traffic.
Reports on September 2026 tech unemployment, job postings and AI-skills demand using CompTIA’s analysis of BLS data and PwC’s workforce survey. Explains the coexistence of job losses and hiring demand; job postings are not completed hires.
Free press release summarizing PwC’s 2026 survey of 49,364 workers in 48 countries and regions. Describes differences in AI use, training access, job security and intent to change employers; these are self-reported survey associations, not proof that AI causes retention or productivity changes.
Upwork combines a survey of 2,400 U.S. workers with its own marketplace data to examine AI-related freelance work, earnings and interest in freelancing. Contrasts growing lower-complexity execution work with higher-value AI-augmented professional tasks; the platform findings do not represent all workers or establish a guaranteed earnings premium.
TechCrunch reports on new risk-factor language in Anthropic's revised S-1 filing, which says the company may soon meet its own definition of recursive self-improvement — AI substantially building more capable AI — and that it has used AI to develop models whose capability jumps it did not recognize at the time.
Korn Ferry's workforce survey report (September 8, 2026), presented as six findings plus a regional snapshot on how employees view their careers, growth and employers.
