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AI takes entry level jobs

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European employers increasingly adopted AI agents, displacing entry-level roles and leaving young workers at greater risk of job loss, longer hours and burnout, government advisers and studies said.

Handelsblatt
Collaborative AI: Roland Berger and a German AI pioneer found a startup

The largest German management consultancy wants to help its clients deploy AI successfully. One person, whom many people see as a failure, is set to support them.

Collaborative AI: Roland Berger and a German AI pioneer found a startup
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by Timothy D. McBride

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AI could transform the economy by year’s end www.vox.com/politics/478...
AI could transform the economy by year’s end
You just got more replaceable.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Dagens Nyheter
DN Debate Final Reply: Not enough to just shout 'more AI' – we must ensure safety

DN Debatt final reply. Heike Erkers and Simon Vinge, SSR: Authorities are forced to use AI solutions from the large American tech companies — this is not the way forward.

DN Debate Final Reply: Not enough to just shout 'more AI' – we must ensure safety
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The Wall Street Journal
St. James’s Place Leads European Wealth Managers’ Tumble on AI Threat

Wealth management is the latest sector to be threatened by competition from AI-powered startups.

St. James’s Place Leads European Wealth Managers’ Tumble on AI Threat
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Le Monde
One year after the AI summit in Paris, the government defends its record

Since mid-February 2025, French AI startups have raised 2.6 billion euros, including 1.7 billion for Mistral AI

One year after the AI summit in Paris, the government defends its record
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The Washington Post
An economist explains why he’s still ‘bullish on America’ — AI and all

Artificial intelligence is moving fast, with new tools changing how people work, create and compete. Whether you’re an AI doomer or AI boomer, it’s hard to ignore what’s coming. Economist and professor Tyler Cowen has spent years analyzing how these developments could reshape the economy and everyday life. He joins host Megan McArdle to talk through how AI could transform talent, human capital and competition - and how to make sure you don’t get left behind.

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VRT NWS
Jongeren dreigen eerste slachtoffers van AI op werkvloer te worden

Belgium is emerging as a European leader in the use of artificial intelligence (AI), but that digital acceleration has a downside. As companies rapidly embrace the technology, young people and administrative workers are likely to face difficulties. This is the conclusion of the High Council for Employment (HRW) in a new report.

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by Paul Davies

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In our fully automated AI future money itself could be just a hollow prop so there’ll definitely be no point to banks or money managers and an industry that continually reinvents ways to earn fees will be gone.
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AI Threatens the Finance Industry's Perpetual Profit Machine
Artificial intelligence doesn’t only threaten to put herds of software businesses out to pasture. Anthropic PBC’s schooling of its Claude models in financial modelling has also sent a cold shiver down...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Global AI Investments: The Trillion-Dollar Arms Race

Never before has so much capital flowed into a single technology in such a short time. Just Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta alone plan to invest more than $600 billion in AI this year. A look at the largest infrastructure project in history.

Global AI Investments: The Trillion-Dollar Arms Race
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Der Standard
What can an AI agent do for me at work?

They are already replacing entry-level jobs, but that's only the beginning. What AI agents can do and where to be cautious.

What can an AI agent do for me at work?
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Svenska Dagbladet
Erik Brynjolfsson: AI is making things worse for young people

Older workers opt for AI agents over junior workers, who are finding the job market increasingly difficult. And with fewer young people, companies are beginning to change fundamentally. "A serious problem," says Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson.

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Die Presse
Artificial intelligence matures in 2026—and we should grow with it

2026 will be the year artificial intelligence penetrates more and more sectors of the economy and upends established workflows. That's no reason to panic, but we should be prepared—politically and socially.

Artificial intelligence matures in 2026—and we should grow with it
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Die Presse
Nobody wants to be the person who works without AI when others are twice as fast

Artificial intelligence will reshape the job market, says AI researcher Ljubica Nedelkoska. Those who don't keep up will be left behind. Now is a good time to bring leading developers to Europe.

Nobody wants to be the person who works without AI when others are twice as fast
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El Pais
How to survive a job that becomes obsolete due to AI

Experts recommend paths out for some of the professions most threatened by the rise of the new technology.

How to survive a job that becomes obsolete due to AI
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Der Standard
AI should ease work but more often leads to burnout

A UC Berkeley study shows that employees using AI tools expand their own workload, work longer hours, and get lost in multitasking.

AI should ease work but more often leads to burnout
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by Lilian Edwards

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"While the European Union is starting to distance itself from US Big Tech monopolies with countries moving towards tech sovereignty, the AI Skills Hub is one example of how, conversely, the UK is moving away from sovereignty to greater dependency."
The Real Cost of the UK’s ‘Free AI Training for All’ is Democracy
Researchers argue the UK's 'AI Skills Hub' should be re-thought with input from civil society groups and public interest organizations.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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