AI hasn’t upended labour market yet: Govt report


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

A first of its kind report by the federal government says artificial intelligence is not yet disrupting Australia’s labour market, despite several reports the technology is a growing factor in layoffs.

The report analyses the period from 2022 when ChatGPT and other generative AI tools gained wide adoption up to February 2026, finding “no evidence to date of broad labour market upheaval driven by artificial intelligence”.

But there is evidence …

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