Accounting Today🔴 Concerning
RSSYes, AI is killing jobs, and other tech news you may have missed
Original Published: September 17, 2025•Job Ripper Published: September 17, 2025
🎯 Impact Sentiment: Concerning
📋 Summary
- Major companies are using AI to cut jobs, especially in customer service, HR, finance, and software development, with entry-level workers hit hardest.
- AI is pushing both the return of in-person interviews (to prevent AI-assisted cheating) and deeper integration in work tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot and DocuSign, forcing rapid upskilling.
- AI-powered features are quietly infiltrating everyday platforms—chrome extensions, retail assistants like Walmart’s "Sparky", and support systems such as Zendesk—boosting efficiency but replacing many straightforward tasks.
- The fast rise of AI is leading to new threats (e.g., deepfake CEO scams), and while advanced tech brings productivity gains, it’s creating real anxiety about job security and career stability.
💡 JR Insights
- 💼 Implication: If your work is repetitive or process-driven, consider it at risk—AI isn’t just for tech giants anymore. Staying relevant now means becoming comfortable with AI tools and doubling down on skills that machines can’t easily mimic, particularly critical thinking and communication.
- 🚨 Risk: Entry-level workers and those slow to adapt will be the first displaced. Even experienced professionals aren’t immune: routine parts of white-collar jobs are being carved out or automated. There’s a real threat of being left behind by colleagues—or competitors—who are quicker to harness AI.
- ✨ Takeaway: Don’t treat this as a distant, abstract shift; AI is subtracting jobs right now. Proactively learn, experiment, and upskill in AI-powered tools at every opportunity—waiting it out is no longer a safe strategy.