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'There’s no sign in the data that AI is costing anybody their job right now': White House National Economic Council Director says AI isn’t leading to cuts — despite widespread and well-publicized layoffs across the world

White House Director says AI isn't to blame for job cuts
Kevin Hassett says "There’s no sign in the data that AI is costing anybody their job right now"
This is despite a large number of well-publicized incidents where exactly this has happened

A senior White House figure has denied that the rising presence of AI is leading to job cuts, despite a large number of examples saying just that.

Speaking to CNBC, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said there were no negative impacts being felt on US employment by AI at the moment.

“There’s no sign in the data that AI is costing anybody their job right now," Hassett said, "but we are studying the future of AI and what it means for the workforce, so we’ve got a big taskforce on that.

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