Uncanny Valley | WIRED WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
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Aug 29, 2025 The podcast explores how AI is erasing entry-level jobs, revealing a 16% decline in employment for young workers. It also highlights the exodus of researchers from Meta’s newly established Superintelligence Lab, with some returning to OpenAI. There’s a dive into the role of dark money in influencing political campaigns and a quirky peek into body donation's real-life implications for forensic science. Lastly, the discussion contrasts the differing philosophies of AI development between major tech players like Meta and OpenAI.
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Entry-Level Jobs Are Disappearing
- A Stanford study found AI is cutting entry-level roles, especially in customer service and software development.
- That loss threatens the pipeline that trains young workers into managers and industry leaders.
Lost On-the-Job Training Matters
- Losing entry-level roles removes informal training in professionalism and workplace habits.
- That gap makes it harder for companies to develop future managers and experienced collaborators.
App Store Positioning Shapes AI Competition
- App store placement influences downloads and can advantage dominant AI apps like ChatGPT.
- That makes Apple integration a potentially serious competitive edge in the AI app market.