Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence \ Anthropic

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Economic Research Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence Mar 5, 2026 Read in PDF Key findings We introduce a new measure of AI displacement risk, observed exposure , that combines theoretical LLM capability and real-world usage data, weighting automated (rather than augmentative) and work-related uses more heavily AI is far from reaching its theoretical capability: actual coverage remains a fraction of what's feasible Occupations with higher observed exposure are projected by the BLS to grow less through 2034 Workers in the most exposed professions are more likely to be o

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