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A recent statement from Anthropic’s CEO just dropped a bomb on the future of white-collar work. The numbers he shared? Straight out of a Great Depression playbook. It’s five years away. And it might hit your industry first.
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Forget career coaching, awkward check-ins, or asking your manager for help. A new survey shows 49% of Gen Z workers now rely more on ChatGPT than their own boss for answers at work. And they’re talking to it like a co-worker… even a friend or therapist.
The data comes from a Resume survey of 8,647 full-time U.S. workers.
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51% of Gen Z sees ChatGPT as a co-worker or assistant.
36% call it entertainment, 32% say companion, 21% say therapist.
1 in 5 Gen Z workers spend an hour or more chatting or playing games with it during the workday.
ChatGPT is becoming an all-in-one resource Gen Z leans on for personal and emotional support.
👥 They Prefer ChatGPT Over Their Manager
49% of Gen Z would rather ask ChatGPT than their boss.
Millennials are close: 47% say the same.
Why? It’s faster, nonjudgmental, always available, and doesn’t make you feel awkward for asking.
Trust in managers is weakening, especially in remote setups where people feel disconnected. Gen Z is truly building a real relationship with AI.
Why It Matters: In 2–3 years, we’ll see tools like ChatGPT become integrated as “official” workplace mentors, assistants, or even mental health support options—especially in hybrid or remote companies. Is it quietly changing who we turn to when we need help?
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AI HIGHLIGHTS
🧠 Anthropic’s CEO warned that AI could wipe out 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs in 5 years — pushing unemployment up to 20%, like the Great Depression-era.
🎬 WSJ authors just made a short film called "My Robot & Me" using Google’s Veo 3 & Runway AI, no real cameras. Over 1,000 clips. Yet 'slop' still exists. Watch it here.
📸 To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, Google Photos released a list of 10 new improved tools to serve over 1.5 billion users and hosts 9 trillion+ photos and videos.
👩💻 Superblocks launched Clark - the first enterprise-ready AI app builder to bridge the gap between toy demos and actual business use. Here’s a quick video demo.
🌍 Grok is now repeating climate denial narratives, including debunked & fringe viewpoints in the name of “balance.” It’s starting to sound more like Musk than science?
✊ ‘Ghost’ AI raters, labelers, and moderators behind Google’s Gemini are fighting to unionize. They train AI but get low pay, no perks, and face layoffs. Even leaders get fired.
💰 AI Daily Fundraising: Humain creates a $10 billion venture fund to support global AI startups. Backed by $23 billion from Nvidia and AWS, it aims to enhance Saudi Arabia's role as an AI leader.
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💸 xAI is paying Telegram $300M for distributing Grok inside the platform.
🎓 Duke University’s giving all undergrads Free, unlimited access to GPT-4o.
🤨 Anthropic is reversing its ban on using AI for job hiring & its “no AI” rule.
💡 An X user shared a wide-ranging list of AI use cases, not just chatbots.
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AI CHART
You’ve heard it all before: “SEO is dead. AI killed it.” But new research just blew that myth out of the water. After analyzing 25,000 real AI search queries, a surprising pattern emerged:
👉 If your site ranks #1 on Google, you have a 25% chance of being chosen as a source in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. “Best pages” are out, but “best answers” are in.
Top 10 still wins. SEO = visibility in AI. The higher your position in the top 10, the higher your visibility in AI platforms.
According to insights from Google’s antitrust trial, here’s how AI search really works:
Step 1: AI selects a top documents based on Google’s highest-ranking pages.
Step 2: Relevant answers are pulled from those top sources.
Step 3: Models generate a cohesive answer using that info.
Google rankings are still the foundation for AI visibility. Nicro-content that directly answers questions will become the most valuable digital asset. If you build modular, intent-first content tied to top search rankings, you’ll dominate both traditional and AI search.
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