In the fast-growing field of data annotation, workers in a small city in south India train A.I. to improve how it performs tasks traditionally done by people.
Data: LinkedIn; Table: Danielle Alberti/Axios Women made up just over a quarter of new hires in the U.S. for AI roles last year — compared with half of new hires in non-AI occupations, per new LinkedIn data out Tuesday morning. Why it matters: These jobs are some of the fastest-growing and highest-paying in the country right now — at a time when the overall labor market is pretty sluggish — and the report shows women are getting left behind. By the numbers: Men landed 74%, and women 26%, of the new hires for AI roles in 2025. - The highest-paying roles typically have higher percentages of men. - To get hiring information, the platform looked at user, or member, profiles. For data on compensation it analyzed job listings. Zoom in:…
Data: LinkedIn; Table: Danielle Alberti/Axios Women made up just over a quarter of new hires in the U.S. for AI roles last year — compared with half of new hires in non-AI occupations, per new LinkedIn data out Tuesday morning. Why it matters: These jobs are some of the fastest-growing and highest-paying in the country right now — at a time when the overall labor market is pretty sluggish — and the report shows women are getting left behind. By the numbers: Men landed 74%, and women 26%, of the new hires for AI roles in 2025. - The highest-paying roles typically have higher percentages of men. - To get hiring information, the platform looked at user, or member, profiles. For data on compensation it analyzed job listings. Zoom in:…Open
The surge in H-1B visa renewals highlights ongoing issues with large-scale legal immigration and broad exemptions from annual caps.
The surge in H-1B visa renewals highlights ongoing issues with large-scale legal immigration and broad exemptions from annual caps. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: H-1B visa renewals are set to reach a record high in fiscal year 2026, with 273,026 petitions for continuing employment already approved in the first nine months, according to a LayoffHedge analysis of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data. This figure is close to the 291,542 renewals approved in fiscal year 2025, which was the previous record. DETAIL: The surge in renewals comes as the Trump administration has sought to reform the H-1B program, including proposals to impose a $100,000 fee on certain new petitions and replace the random lottery system with a…Open
Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse. The country is racing to adapt before it’s too late.
JENKS: End the OPT program. It’s the pipeline from U.S. universities to tech jobs to H1Bs, with tax breaks for hiring foreign grads over Americans. Break that pipeline, you slow the flow. Even a $100K H1B fee isn’t enough. Employers save 30% in wages and keep workers for decades through green cards. Make hiring a foreign worker more expensive than hiring an American.
Amazon said Wednesday it will cut another 16,000 jobs, just three months after slashing 14,000 roles across the company in a broad efficiency drive. The big picture: Companies have become outspoken about trying to do more with fewer people, for a mix of reasons: AI productivity gains; over-hiring in the post-pandemic job boom; or simply reducing costs amid ongoing inflation pressure. - Amazon's cuts come amid the trend of what some have called the "forever layoff ," where reductions come in batches, rather than a single sweeping reorganization. Driving the news: Wednesday's cuts affect the teams that hadn't completed their reorganizations around the last cuts in October, per a blog post from senior vice president Beth Galetti. - "While…
Amazon said Wednesday it will cut another 16,000 jobs, just three months after slashing 14,000 roles across the company in a broad efficiency drive. The big picture: Companies have become outspoken about trying to do more with fewer people, for a mix of reasons: AI productivity gains; over-hiring in the post-pandemic job boom; or simply reducing costs amid ongoing inflation pressure. - Amazon's cuts come amid the trend of what some have called the "forever layoff ," where reductions come in batches, rather than a single sweeping reorganization. Driving the news: Wednesday's cuts affect the teams that hadn't completed their reorganizations around the last cuts in October, per a blog post from senior vice president Beth Galetti. - "While…Open