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Policy

What Work Does Generative AI Do? (opens in a new tab)

Essays Sep 8, 2026

Since August 2024, our Real-Time Population Survey (RPS), a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults ages 18 to 64, has tracked how many Americans use generative artificial intelligence (AI). The adoption…

AI, Tech & Energy Labor, Wages & Worker Power

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Academic

What Work Does Generative AI Do? (opens in a new tab)

Working Papers Sep 8, 2026

We measure how workers use genAI for their jobs in a nationally representative survey linking genAI adoption to detailed occupations and tasks. Our data provide the first task-level genAI adoption…

AI, Tech & Energy Labor, Wages & Worker Power

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Policy

What happens to U.S. workers without access to Unemployment Insurance amid economic downturns or disruptions related to AI? (opens in a new tab)

Essays Sep 2, 2026

The adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace has led to predictions of U.S. labor market disruptions. In response, policymakers have increased attention on the fitness of the nation’s social…

AI, Tech & Energy Economic Equity & Opportunity Labor, Wages & Worker Power Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement

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Policy

What can federal data collection tell policymakers and researchers about artificial intelligence in the U.S. labor market? (opens in a new tab)

Issue Briefs Aug 24, 2026

It is impossible to perfectly predict how artificial intelligence will affect the U.S. labor market. Policymakers and researchers are grappling with important questions around this topic, including what new opportunities…

AI, Tech & Energy Labor, Wages & Worker Power

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Policy

Terms and conditions for generative AI users outline a new legal framework that puts U.S. consumers at risk (opens in a new tab)

Essays Aug 20, 2026

Generative AI, or genAI, is a form of artificial intelligence that produces content in response to prompts and includes large language model chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude.…

AI, Tech & Energy Competition & Economic Dynamism Labor, Wages & Worker Power

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Academic

The Terms and Conditions of Generative AI (opens in a new tab)

Working Papers Aug 20, 2026

Generative AI raises pressing questions for myriad doctrinal areas. Policymakers and scholars have responded rapidly, devoting substantial attention to these difficult legal and policy questions. But, as a practical matter,…

AI, Tech & Energy Labor, Wages & Worker Power

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• David Autor (opens in a new tab) Daniel and Gail Rubenfeld Professor of Economics

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (opens in a new tab) Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Government

  Columbia University

• Alex Xi He (opens in a new tab) Assistant Professor of Finance

  University of Maryland

• Nathan Wilmers (opens in a new tab) Associate Professor

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Jason Furman (opens in a new tab) Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy

  Harvard Kennedy School

• Daron Acemoglu (opens in a new tab) Institute Professor

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Rohini Kosoglu (opens in a new tab) Former Visiting Fellow

  Washington Center for Equitable Growth

• Veena Dubal (opens in a new tab) Professor of Law

  University of California Irvine

• Derek Lemoine (opens in a new tab) Associate Professor

  University of Arizona

• Ivan Rudik (opens in a new tab) Associate Professor

  Cornell University

• Alexander Bick (opens in a new tab) Senior Economic Policy Advisor

  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

• Adam Blandin (opens in a new tab) Assistant Professor

  Vanderbilt University

• David Deming (opens in a new tab) Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy

  Harvard University

• Brian Justie (opens in a new tab) Senior Research Analyst

  University of California, Los Angeles

• John Newman (opens in a new tab) Professor

  University of Memphis

• John E. McCarthy (opens in a new tab) Associate Professor, Global Labor and Work

  Cornell University

• Sean O’Brady (opens in a new tab) Assistant Professor, Human Resources & Management

  McMaster University

• Andres Sawicki (opens in a new tab) Professor

  University of Miami

• Saba Waheed (opens in a new tab) UCLA Labor Center Director

  University of California, Los Angeles

• Diego Känzig (opens in a new tab) Assistant Professor

  Northwestern University

• Whitney Zhang (opens in a new tab) Ph.D. Candidate

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Wilneida Negrón (opens in a new tab) Director of Worker Innovation and Impact

  Coworker

• Todd Gerarden (opens in a new tab) Assistant Professor

  Cornell University

• Mokshda Kaul (opens in a new tab) Postdoctoral Research Associate

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Morgan Edwards (opens in a new tab) Assistant Professor

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Corbett Grainger (opens in a new tab) Professor

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Joshua Linn (opens in a new tab) Professor

  University of Maryland, College Park

• Louis Preonas (opens in a new tab) Associate Professor

  University of Maryland, College Park

• Virginia Doellgast (opens in a new tab) Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution

  Cornell University

• Ekkehard Ernst (opens in a new tab) Chief Macroeconomist

  International Labour Organization