Finance & Economics

A November 3 report uses agriculture’s two-century workforce decline to examine what AI may mean for work, while noting major differences between sectors.

OpenAI confirmed it may call data centers “compute campuses,” but who pays for power, grid upgrades and water remains unsettled.

Thorsten Meyer’s new series opens with the three-sector model and data tracing how employment moved from farming to industry and services.

The Marshall Islands completed Enra’s first year and approved more funding. Its reach is clear, but its effects remain unevaluated.

US business output rose 10% from late 2022 to mid-2026 as hours worked rose 0.9%; the data do not establish that AI caused the gap.

Anthropic says internal Claude usage was worth more than monthly personnel costs excluding stock awards in April 2026, measured at customer list prices.

A $1 trillion tech selloff put Apple ahead of Nvidia as investors weighed Big Tech’s rising AI costs against cloud growth and uncertain returns.

UBS says employees run more than 12,700 AI agents, but has not disclosed what they can access, how they are reviewed or what work they perform.

A Goldman Sachs estimate suggests workers displaced from AI-exposed jobs since 2025 took longer to find work, but the underlying note is not public.

Singapore recorded 4,800 retrenchments in Q3 2026, but official data points to restructuring, not AI, as the main reported driver.