{"slug": "could-ai-create-a-permanent-underclass", "title": "Could AI create a ‘permanent underclass’?", "summary": "A Financial Times analysis warns that artificial intelligence could create a 'permanent underclass' by bifurcating the labor market, as AI-driven automation may disproportionately displace lower-skilled workers while enhancing productivity for higher-skilled ones. The report highlights San Francisco's hyperbolic language but underscores the real risk of widening economic inequality.", "body_md": "# Could AI create a ‘permanent underclass’?\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)San Francisco’s language is hyperbolic — but the technology could bifurcate the labour market\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/could-ai-create-a-permanent-underclass", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/could-ai-create-a-permanent-underclass-cqz7", "published_at": "2026-08-09 11:30:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 14:16:45.532084+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Financial Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/could-ai-create-a-permanent-underclass", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/could-ai-create-a-permanent-underclass.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/could-ai-create-a-permanent-underclass.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/could-ai-create-a-permanent-underclass.jsonld"}}