December 2025 AI News
For week-by-week news briefs, see the bottom of each issue of AI Career Launch.
AI Pioneer Hinton Warns of 2026 White-Collar Job Losses
Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer, warns that 2026 will usher in massive job losses as advanced AI replaces human roles in white-collar sectors like data analysis and decision-making. He urges policy interventions to mitigate economic inequality and unemployment. Physical jobs may endure longer, but preparation is essential.

Turn AI chaos into a career opportunity by preparing for these 4 scenarios
Gartner recently suggested four future scenarios for AI at work, and said businesses and their staff should prepare for all of them. Here’s how to embrace that transformation for big benefits.

JPMorgan: The US job market will face ‘extreme difficulty’ in the first half of 2026, with a potential turnaround in the second half.
Underthe triple pressures of tariff hikes, immigration crackdowns, and the AI wave, is the U.S. facing its ‘worst-ever’ employment equilibrium to start 2026?

Key Workforce Trends to Watch in 2026
The 3 trends that dominated companies’ AI rollouts in 2025 | Fortune
Companies are failing when they lead with AI and finding success when they lead with the problem they’re trying to solve.

Majority of job hunters turn to AI to help land next gig
Mallory Helbling turned to her own professional advice when she found herself laid off in December 2024. Among them: using artificial intelligence tools to assist in her job search as a career coach. “I was able to get my first contract role in February 2025,” said Helbling, 37, of Sharpsburg,

How Agents Are Accelerating the Next Wave of AI Value Creation
A CEO’s roadmap for scaling agentic AI—the actions to take now, the disruptions to prepare for next, and the guiding principles to always follow.
Ghost Jobs Are Indirectly Controlling The Labour Market; Here’s How
Ghost jobs are positions advertised with little or no real intent to hire. The trend has been flagged repeatedly in recent years.

AI’s Job Impact: Gains Outpace Losses
AI isn’t destroying jobs; it’s creating them. At least in 2024, the surge in AI activity and data center construction generated more jobs than AI displaced.

Job market for highly skilled workers remains volatile as AI redefines demand across sectors - The Mountain Advocate
Toptal reports a volatile job market for highly skilled workers amid AI integration, favoring senior talent with adaptability and expertise.

Free Google AI Courses and Professional Certificates That Can Help Your Career in 2026
The Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients
And why Nano Banana Pro is such a big deal

AI Use at Work Rises
New Gallup data shows a continued rise in AI adoption rates across the U.S. workforce from Q2 to Q3 2025.

It’s About Time: The Copilot Usage Report 2025
At MAI, we don’t just build AI tools, we care about how real people interact with them.

Worst Job Descriptions Ever: The Job Market Crisis Exposed Through Insane Listings - Employment & Business News
The job market in 2025 has reached a breaking point. Job seekers are encountering increasingly absurd job listings that expose the fundamental dysfunction in how companies recruit talent. From insulting salaries to deceptive practices

New Economy Skills: Building AI, Data and Digital Capabilities for Growth
AI won’t take your job, tech leaders tell VCU Business students — but someone who uses it well might
At a VCU Business panel on AI, industry leaders outlined the skills that will matter most as automation becomes a bigger part of daily work.

The End of Job Titles - AI - Skills-powered Strategies - I by IMD
Gloat’s Jeff Schwartz and Mike Worthington reveal how AI and skills-powered strategies are transforming talent management and workforce strategy.

How AI Can Unlock The Hiring Throughput We Need On The Frontline
In this article, I reflect on the lessons learned building and operating frontline hiring programs across healthcare, logistics, manufacturing and retail.

Can You Tell if AI Is About to Take Your Job? Here’s What to Watch For
If you engage in tasks that are difficult to automate, AI may augment, rather than replace, your work.

10 Reasons Gen Xers Are Struggling to Get a Job (And Honestly, It Makes Sense)
Gen Xers are having a harder time getting hired than any other generation. From age bias to obsolete skills, midcareer workers now face a major uphill battle.

LLM Roundup: A Wave of New Releases Winds Down the Year
16 Best AI Recruiting Tools in 2025 [Complete Guide] | Juicebox
Compare the best AI recruiting tools in 2025. Features, pricing, and insights to help recruiters pick the best recruitment software.

Responsible AI That Delivers: Employ Sets New Standard for Trustworthy, Transparent Hiring
Responsible AI That Delivers: Employ Sets New Standard for Trustworthy, Transparent Hiring…
From Algorithms to Deepfakes: AI Risks Every Employer Must Confront | News & Events | Clark Hill PLC
AI enables threat actors to improve their methods, identify targets, and infiltrate hiring systems through fake resumes, deepfakes, and manipulated interviews. Companies need to be prepared to detect and respond to these threats.

— Google AI Studio (@GoogleAIStudio) November 28, 2025












