Stanford Study Finds AI Cuts 19% of Jobs for 22-to-25 Workers, Up From 13%
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Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 24
Stanford Study Finds AI Cuts 19% of Jobs for 22-to-25 Workers, Up From 13%
2 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 24
Summary
Workers aged 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed occupations now show employment levels 19% below peers in less exposed fields, according to Stanford’s updated August 2026 research.
That gap widened from 13% in last year’s version of the study, leading the economists to conclude the entry-level job losses they flagged earlier are persisting and spreading.
ADP payroll data underpins the analysis, while the researchers ranked occupations’ AI exposure using both prior labor-impact measures and Anthropic’s Claude-based Economic Index.
Older workers appear largely unaffected so far, suggesting AI’s labor-market hit is concentrated first on younger, entry-level roles rather than across the workforce.