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Nearly forty thousand tech workers lost their jobs in May alone, the highest single month in almost two years, and companies are increasingly pointing to artificial intelligence as the reason. That pattern raises a hard question about whether AI is creating jobs as fast as it is eliminating them.
On a related note about AI's limits, a new analysis suggests that large language models consistently misread the motivations of politicians, tending to take stated positions at face value rather than reading between the lines the way experienced political analysts do. It is a meaningful blind spot for anyone using these tools to understand power.
And in the courts, federal judges are losing patience with attorneys who submit AI-generated legal briefs containing citations to cases that simply do not exist. The pattern has now repeated itself enough times that judges are moving beyond gentle reprimands toward formal sanctions, making clear that professional responsibility does not pause for convenience.
Three stories, one throughline: artificial intelligence is reshaping work, judgment, and accountability all at once, and the adjustments are coming fast. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
