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        "msgid": "life-gets-harder-many-fear-becoming-unemployed-1781168129",
        "date": "2026-06-11 15:15:00",
        "title": "Life Gets Harder, Many Fear Becoming Unemployed",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "A recent Reuters\/Ipsos survey reveals that over half of Americans fear artificial intelligence will eliminate their jobs, with anxiety rising across all demographics. The findings coincide with corporate layoffs linked to AI strategies and growing concerns over AI's role in propaganda and warfare.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Artificial intelligence (AI) is making many\npeople fear unemployment. A recent survey by Reuters\/Ipsos shows that\nmore than half of US citizens are worried that AI technology will\neliminate their jobs. In the survey conducted over six days, 53 per cent\nof respondents admitted to being concerned that AI could replace jobs\nwithin their households. This worry appeared relatively evenly across\nvarious age groups, genders, and education levels. Conversely, 37 per\ncent of respondents were not worried at all about AI\u2019s impact on\nemployment. Meanwhile, 10 per cent stated they were unsure or chose not\nto answer. The survey results emerged after several major companies\nannounced layoffs linked to AI development strategies. One of them,\nsoftware company Intuit, stated last month that it would cut 17 per cent\nof its global workforce to streamline operations and strengthen its\nfocus on AI investment. Concerns about AI have also surfaced in various\ncircles. Last month, University of Arizona students even jeered former\nGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt as he discussed AI\u2019s impact during a graduation\nceremony. Beyond the threat to jobs, the use of AI as a tool for\npolitical propaganda, entertainment, and even warfare has also drawn\nwarnings from several world leaders, including Pope Leo XIV.\nNevertheless, the overall impact of AI on the labour market remains\nuncertain. So far, the US economy has still recorded solid job growth in\nrecent months. One respondent, Jennifer Schalhoub, a 62-year-old\nfreelance writer from Little Ferry, New Jersey, said she recently lost\nher job writing letters to government officials supporting specific\npolicies. She suspects AI development played a role in that job loss.\n\u2018AI is taking over because people care less and less about the quality\nof the work produced,\u2019 Schalhoub said, as quoted by Reuters on Thursday\n(11\/6\/2026). AI began garnering widespread attention in the United\nStates in 2022 when AI company OpenAI launched ChatGPT. The product\ncould answer user questions much like a human and presented a new way to\nsearch for information on the internet, immediately threatening the\ndominance of Alphabet\u2019s Google search engine. On the other hand, AI\ncompany Anthropic is also continuing to expand its business through\nvarious products, including the programming assistant Claude Code. Both\nAnthropic and OpenAI are also in the spotlight on Wall Street due to\ntheir plans to offer shares to the public. The Reuters\/Ipsos survey also\nfound that college graduates use AI more intensively than other groups.\nAs many as 50 per cent of college graduates reported regularly using AI,\nwhile the figure was only 34 per cent for respondents without a\nbachelor\u2019s degree. Overall, 40 per cent of Americans said they use AI\nregularly. Additionally, 73 per cent of Americans expressed concern over\nthe increasing use of AI. This figure is up compared to the\nReuters\/Ipsos survey in 2023, which recorded a concern level of 68 per\ncent. Lauren Hayes, a clinical psychologist in Washington state, also\nadmitted to being worried after some of her clients began consulting AI\nbetween therapy sessions to help cope with anxiety. \u2018I do not believe\nartificial intelligence is capable of having the complex understanding\nand sensitivity of a human,\u2019 Hayes said.<\/p>",
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