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OpenAI CEO Altman is now "pretty sure" AI is net job-creating, which is quite the pivot from predicting mass layoffs

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman now says he is 'pretty sure' AI has created more jobs than it has eliminated, reversing his earlier warnings about mass layoffs. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has also walked back similar claims, though studies have not yet confirmed either position.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman now says he's "pretty sure" AI has created more jobs than it's eliminated. That's a sharp turn from his earlier warnings about entire professions disappearing. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is walking back similar claims, too. But studies so far back neither the old doomsday predictions nor optimism.

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