Recently, Microsoft announced that it was terminating dozens of journalists and editorial workers at its Microsoft News and MSN organizations. Instead, the company said, it will rely on artificial intelligence to curate and edit news and content that is presented on MSN.com, inside Microsoft's Edge browser, and in the company's Microsoft News apps. Explaining the decision, Microsoft issued a statement to the Verge. The statement reads: "Like all companies, we evaluate our business on a regular basis. This can result in increased investment in some places and, from time to time, re-deployment in others. These decisions are not the result of the current pandemic."

Recently, Microsoft announced that it was terminating dozens of journalists and editorial workers at its Microsoft News and MSN organizations. Instead, the company said, it will rely on artificial intelligence to curate and edit news and content that is presented on MSN.com, inside Microsoft's Edge browser, and in the company's Microsoft News apps. Explaining the decision, Microsoft issued a statement to the Verge. The statement reads: "Like all companies, we evaluate our business on a regular basis. This can result in increased investment in some places and, from time to time, re-deployment in others. These decisions are not the result of the current pandemic."

Looking at degree attainment data, it might seem that we are set. But as with concerns about the impact of AI skilled jobs at risk, there is more to this story. The percentage of the U.S. population 25 and over who completed high school and college has risen dramatically over the past several decades. Yet, data from assessments of adult literacy and numeracy skills indicate that skill deficiencies are large, with half of Americans aged 16 to 34 lacking levels of literacy many experts deem critical for success in the labor market. "While many acknowledge that AI is increasingly important and its impacts increasingly stark, we must also reckon with the fact that too few of America's young adults are well positioned for the emerging jobs of 21st-century economy," he said.