AI, recruitment, productivity - is this the AI work apocalypse?

Update: 2025-09-01

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Is there an AI job apocalypse coming? A new survey shows almost half of organisations implementing AI say it is impacting on hiring new people. We talk to the AI Forum about AI job displacement, canvas the opinions of the latest AI startup Aether on Job automation, recruitment agency Robert Walters on impact of AI on hiring trends, and Supahuman – a company building AI solutions for businesses on job automation and AI productivity.

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