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Saturday, 2 May, 2026

Health
The problem with healthy life expectancy
A crude blend of very different statistics is not the best tool for the job
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 30 April, 2026

The AI Shift
Is AI increasing access to justice?
A steep increase in ‘vibe litigation’ appears to be expanding the market for legal activity
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Saturday, 25 April, 2026

Artificial intelligence
What the AI ‘jobpocalypse’ narrative misses
Whether or not new technologies can perform a task is only a tiny part of the picture
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 23 April, 2026

Artificial intelligence
Ask an Expert. What does AI really mean for your work? You asked, we answered
Sarah O’Connor, John Burn Murdoch and Madhumita Murgia replied to reader questions
Thursday, 23 April, 2026

The AI Shift
Will AI widen inequality between workers?
This and more findings from our new poll of AI usage by thousands of US and UK workers
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Thursday, 23 April, 2026

Artificial intelligence
High earners race ahead on AI as workplace divide widens
FT-Focaldata poll offers early evidence on how the technology is reshaping work and reinforcing gender and pay gaps
Thursday, 23 April, 2026

FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
The AI digital divide
An FT survey shows the highest-earning workers are adopting the technology in their jobs far faster than others
Saturday, 18 April, 2026

Demographics and population
Why higher pay hasn’t made young adults feel richer
The aspiration gap has turned everyone into losers, especially graduates
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 16 April, 2026

The AI Shift
How (un)reliable are AI agents?
Consistency matters more than average accuracy in safety-critical domains
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Thursday, 9 April, 2026

The AI Shift
The AI job loss story is all about bundles
Evidence on white-collar work displacement is beginning to match the theory
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Thursday, 2 April, 2026

The AI Shift
Will AI make it harder for non-graduates to climb the jobs ladder?
Gateway roles to white-collar work appear particularly exposed to disruption
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Saturday, 28 March, 2026

Artificial intelligence
Social media is populist and polarising; AI may be the opposite
Large language models elevate expert consensus and moderate views, in sharp contrast to social platforms
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 26 March, 2026

The AI Shift
Will software engineers survive agentic AI?
A data deep dive shows that job vacancies are rising — but only for senior developers
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Thursday, 19 March, 2026

The AI Shift
The ‘great sucking sound’ of AI brain drain
An explosion in industry salaries has resulted in top talent leaving the public sector
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Thursday, 12 March, 2026

The AI Shift
What that viral Anthropic jobs chart really means
Unpicking a much-discussed plot
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Thursday, 5 March, 2026

The AI Shift
Is AI an existential threat to India’s outsourcing industry?
Agentic tools are coming for the repetitive work that was once their bread and butter
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Saturday, 28 February, 2026

UK society
A million young Britons are falling through the cracks
The voiceless ranks of those not in work or training risk tumbling off the UK’s social and economic map
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 26 February, 2026

The AI Shift
Do we really know which jobs are most at risk from AI?
How technology changes the world of work is not just a technical question — and never has been
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Friday, 20 February, 2026

UK employment
‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question
The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 19 February, 2026

The AI Shift
Is AI making work more intense?
Using agents appears to increase the number of hours worked and the exhausting nature of tasks
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Friday, 13 February, 2026

UK housebuilding
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding
A perfect storm of policy and regulatory headwinds has slowed new construction to a trickle
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 12 February, 2026

The AI Shift
What has AI done to illustrators?
Disruption has led some to pull back while others are changing the type of work they produce
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Thursday, 5 February, 2026

The AI Shift
Is this the ‘take off’ moment for AI agents?
Signals in large-scale data are finally converging with anecdotes of productivity gains
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Saturday, 31 January, 2026

US politics & policy
How steep is Trump’s democratic backsliding?
The erosion of established norms has been dramatic but institutions are holding up
John Burn-Murdoch
Thursday, 29 January, 2026

The AI Shift
Could AI make — rather than take — jobs?
Public attention is focused on possible AI job losses, but history tells us that new tech usually generates jobs too
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