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South China Morning Post - World News

South China Morning Post - World News

Title AI ‘collusion’ forcing down wages a bigger threat than job-stealing robots: ILO economist Source South China Morning Post - World News
Description The threat to employment posed by artificial intelligence was not a “robot apocalypse” that would steal jobs, but “algorithmic collusion” that could quietly erode wages and workplace safety, Ekkehard Ernst, the International Labour Organization’s chief macroeconomist, warned in Beijing on Tuesday. While public anxiety frequently centred on the potential for AI to trigger a mass wave of unemployment, Ernst said its disruptive potential had been overestimated. “I don’t think that we are anywhere...
Link https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3348124/ai-collusion-forcing-down-wages-bigger-threat-job-stealing-robots-ilo-economist?utm_source=rss_feed Published At 2026-03-28 07:00:10 (3 hours ago)
Created At 2026-03-28 07:02:21 Updated At 2026-03-28 07:02:21