According to DeepLearning.AI, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and executives from Bank of America, IBM, Shopify, and Williams-Sonoma report that generative AI is enabling them to reduce hiring needs and cut corporate staff. These statements align with data from a World Economic Forum survey showing that 41 percent of employers anticipate workforce reductions due to AI advancements. The adoption of generative AI tools is streamlining operations and automating tasks previously done by humans, leading to significant business cost savings and efficiency gains. For AI industry stakeholders, this signals robust demand for AI-driven automation solutions and offers opportunities to develop enterprise-focused generative AI applications that deliver measurable ROI and competitive advantage. (Source: DeepLearning.AI, World Economic Forum)

According to Anthropic (@AnthropicAI), the company has unveiled the Anthropic Economic Futures Program to advance understanding of artificial intelligence's effects on work and the broader economy. The initiative aims to fund independent research and develop actionable policy recommendations addressing AI-driven workforce transformations. This program reflects a growing industry trend where leading AI companies invest in studying the socioeconomic impacts of automation and generative AI, creating new business opportunities for research organizations, consulting firms, and policy advisors to collaborate on future-ready workforce solutions (Source: Anthropic, Twitter, June 27, 2025).