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Studies find declining employment opportunities for early-career workers in AI-exposed fields
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Studies find declining employment opportunities for early-career workers in AI-exposed fields
| January 23, 2026
AI | AI exposure | AI-exposed jobs | AI-exposed occupations | Community | DFW | DFW-hardgate | ECONOMY | EDUCATION | employment | LABOR | TEXAS | young employees | young workers
Studies have recently found that young workers in AI-exposed fields are seeing a decline in employment opportunities. Several factors are at play.
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Donald Trump | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | national politics | politcal | political | politics | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | TEXAS | trump | women's health
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Op-Ed: Congressional cuts feed corporate greed at expense of young people
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