A first-of-its-kind report came out last week, a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated the state document how hard Californians have been hit by artificial intelligence-related layoffs.
The new report, published Wednesday by the California Policy Lab, reveals data on layoffs that have taken place across the state since the launch of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022. Since that innovation from OpenAI, more than a third of U.S. workers have integrated AI tools into their workflows, leading to concerns about the prospect of more layoffs as needs within the workforce continue to rapidly change.
The researchers looked at unemployment claims, combined with AI-exposure in claimants’ jobs up until May of this year, and found that since the creation of the popular chat tool, a higher rate of job losses have come out of the San Francisco Bay Area compared with the rest of California. The report also found that workers who are losing their jobs are not early career; contrary to popular belief, workers who are more educated –– specifically those with bachelor’s degrees and higher –– are filing an increased number of unemployment claims…