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AI touches half of jobs; unemployment still flat
Jul 25, 2026SOURCE: beri.net
SO WHAT
The window is still open, but the labor shock is moving into the structure of work before it shows up in payrolls.
Anthropic’s Economic Index says AI is affecting 49% of U.S. jobs, yet unemployment has not moved. The signal is less immediate loss than a widening phase transition in how work is done.
This is Negative Resistance’s reframed reading of a reported signal. The headline and analysis above are our interpretation through the thousand-day-window lens. The original reporting lives at the source linked above.