Entry-level workers are facing a “job-pocalypse”, a new study has warned, as companies prioritise artificial intelligence over new hires.

The British Standards Institution polled more than 850 bosses in Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the US – and the results make for sobering reading.

Some 41% of business leaders said that AI is allowing them to make redundancies, while nearly half (43%) expect to reduce junior roles over the next year due to efficiencies in artificial intelligence (AI).

“The picture that emerges is a risk of ‘Generation Jaded (jobs automated, dreams eroded)’” warn the report authors. “A cohort already impacted by disruption from Covid-19 to their schooling and adolescent development, now facing an uncertain employment future with potentially

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