Booking CEO Urges 100% AI Literacy as Fogel Warns 50% Job Cuts Could Hit White-Collar Work
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Updated · Business Insider · Aug 12
Booking CEO Urges 100% AI Literacy as Fogel Warns 50% Job Cuts Could Hit White-Collar Work
2 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Aug 12
Summary
Glenn Fogel said Booking Holdings wants every employee to become “AI literate,” framing AI adoption as necessary even as it could make some roles unnecessary.
On the “Grit” podcast, Fogel called that shift a “human cost” and said retraining could help workers move into other jobs at Booking or elsewhere.
A Booking spokesperson said the AI-literacy push is an ongoing effort to make the skill a foundational capability, not a one-time program.
Fogel said the disruption will extend beyond Booking, predicting sectors such as investment banking could hire far fewer entry-level analysts as AI takes on more work.
His comments land amid a wider split among executives: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could disappear within five years, while others say AI can lift output without major layoffs.