{"id":7982,"date":"2026-06-25T18:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/california-launches-dashboard-to-track-ai-related-unemployment-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:02:51","slug":"california-launches-dashboard-to-track-ai-related-unemployment-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/california-launches-dashboard-to-track-ai-related-unemployment-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"California launches dashboard to track AI-related unemployment claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Following his call for policies to protect workers from job loss caused by artificial intelligence, Gov. 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While not all of those layoffs are AI-related, behemoths like Meta, Cisco and Microsoft have laid off thousands and reassigned remaining workers to AI projects as they have staked their futures on the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/miami-dade-mayor-wants-alligator-alcatraz-site-turned-over-to-national-park-service\/\">Miami-Dade mayor wants Alligator Alcatraz site turned over to National Park Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re shaping the future \u2014 and charting the course for the nation,\u201d Newsom said Thursday in a statement. \u201cAs AI advances, we aren\u2019t just watching from the sidelines; we\u2019re reimagining how we prepare California through strong governance and innovative policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Researchers said in  that while they had not yet found any evidence of mass AI-induced unemployment, their findings that white-collar, college-educated workers in tech-adjacent positions were most susceptible to displacement \u201cshould be interpreted as an early, descriptive signal of potential AI-related disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/desantis-says-alligator-alcatraz-fulfilled-its-role-as-he-closes-it-after-1-year\/\">DeSantis says Alligator Alcatraz \u2018fulfilled\u2019 its role as he closes it after 1 year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California launches an AI-unemployment tracker with UC California Policy Lab to monitor near-real-time claims and study AI&#39;s role in white-collar job losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capitol-alert"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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