{"id":218645,"date":"2026-02-27T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/daily-briefing-ai-just-put-more-people-out-of-work\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:20:24","slug":"daily-briefing-ai-just-put-more-people-out-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/daily-briefing-ai-just-put-more-people-out-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: AI just put more people out of work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ai-just-put-more-people-114800961.html\">Daily Briefing: AI just put more people out of work<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ai-just-put-more-people-114800961.html\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ai-just-put-more-people-114800961.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-27 06:56:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aol.com\">www.aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s breaking this morning:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nicole Fallert<\/strong> here, bringing you the news to know on Friday, from the threat AI poses to our jobs and former President Bill Clinton&#8217;s expected deposition on ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Also: Baseball is back!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Mass layoffs fuel fear of AI Armageddon<\/h2>\n<p>A doomsday report from Citrini Research warns artificial intelligence tools may lead to a\u00a0sharp rise in unemployment. The research unnerved investors by imagining what would happen if AI continues to upend white-collar work. While the researchers called the report a &#8220;scenario, not a prediction,&#8221; the research got attention Thursday when Square and Cash App operator Block said it would slash nearly half its workforce \u2014 more than 4,000 employees \u2014 as\u00a0AI reshapes\u00a0its business.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, young job seekers are having\u00a0a hard time\u00a0as entry-level hires are\u00a0increasingly\u00a0asked to review AI-generated output, make judgment calls and manage risk \u2014 responsibilities that traditionally required years of firsthand experience,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">More news to know now<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><strong><span>Remembrance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Chicago honors Jesse Jackson<\/h2>\n<p>People hold their fists in solidarity outside the Rainbow PUSH Coalition building, where they came to pay their respects to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26.<\/p>\n<p>People are lining up in Chicago to pay respects to civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, who lies in repose at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition building. Jackson&#8217;s memorial services will continue around the country for two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Sports<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">It&#8217;s time for spring training!<\/h2>\n<p>Spring training fans are gathering under\u00a0sunny Arizona and Florida skies to watch\u00a0Major League Baseball&#8217;s exhibition games before the regular season gets underway. MLB&#8217;s 30 teams are split evenly between Arizona (Cactus League) and Florida (Grapefruit League) to prepare for the new season, with players battling for jobs ahead of the grueling 162-campaign that every team hopes will end in late October. Get your tickets.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Before you go<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">A &#8220;Heated Rivalry&#8221; actor&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ai-just-put-more-people-114800961.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Briefing: AI just put more people out of work https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ai-just-put-more-people-114800961.html Publish Date: 2026-02-27 06:56:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ttLDZOy53Vax_WTxx8vKAQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MzM-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_news_641\/05de2f71ac6f50c10d6642f517f60a1b","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-218645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218647,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218645\/revisions\/218647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}