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A new Commission on AI and the American Workforce joins recent efforts to understand AI's impact on jobs. However, history shows past "future of work" commissions consistently failed to predict job changes accurately. Decades of California commissions, from the 1960s to the present, predicted large-scale job loss due to automation or deindustrialization, only for the economy to rebound in unforeseen ways, often creating more jobs. These failures stemmed from the inherent difficulty of predicting complex interactions between technology, policy, and consumer preferences. The new Commission seeks a different approach.

Many children and teens are turning to artificial intelligence for help with homework, questions about their health and body and personal problems before turning to an adult, according to a national survey from Common Sense Media.

Most businesses attempting to integrate AI are discovering the same thing: the technology is rarely the problem.

A sampling of recent pronouncements in the news: *AI is going to discover miracle cures for every disease *AI is going to cause mass unemployment and eliminate whole professions *AI is going to make everyone wealthy *AI is going to crash the economy How can we possibly make sense of these conflicting predictions? Given this range of possible outcomes, how can you, and your museum, navigate the promise and perils of artificial intelligence?

U.S. Bank's 2026 survey finds Gen Z small business owners are outperforming older generations, with 74% reporting growth driven by bold investment and high generative AI adoption rates.

As artificial intelligence reshapes how people work, communicate and access information, UN Women warned on Monday that the technology is reproducing old gender stereotypes, which amplify online abuse and leave women out of the decisions that will define the digital future.

The biggest threat to a tech worker’s job may not be AI itself. Instead, it may be their level of AI literacy says a new study from Gallup.

AI in education is no longer a future concept. It is a reality. Whether it is the AI tutors that learn to adapt and concentrate your learning speed, or the adaptive platforms that 92 percent of the world’s students use, education is evolving with Artificial Intelligence, and this article unpacks how the classroom is being remoulded, who it involves, and what school students need to educate themselves with by 2026.

AI is rapidly reshaping the skills employers want most from workers – increasing the emphasis on human skills such as judgement, creativity and leadership – as companies most able to use AI continue to expand hiring faster than their peers, according to PwC’s 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer, released today.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping work. For business leaders, this means higher productivity, faster decision-making and lower costs. But for the millions of young people entering labour markets each year, it raises the question of where the next wave of jobs will come from.

From customer operations and service design to governance, automation and employee experience, leaders across the community are describing growing pressure to “just do AI” — often without the organizational readiness, operational clarity or human-centered architecture required to make it successful.

The artificial intelligence giant is rolling out the Claude Corps, a fellowship program that will send young, tech-savvy workers into 400 not-for-profit organizations eager to adopt AI.

Most companies are using AI as a first pass for job applicants. Here's how to make the algorithm love your CV.

Forget the golf course, older Americans are spending their retirements tinkering with apps and talking to AI

More than eight in 10 Institute for Nonprofit News members reported using AI-based tools in 2025, according to the latest INN Index.

The nonprofits that succeed will not necessarily be the most innovative. They will be the most deliberate about managing complexity and treating digital as infrastructure rather than a collection of tactics.

Experts from the nonprofit AIandYou are offering tips to help people avoid the growing threat of AI scammers.

Workers may appear productive with AI, but are actually struggling to evaluate answers or solve problems independently.

Stop treating AI like a search engine and starting treating it like an analytical partner.