Brookings and Yale Research Finds No Labor Market Disruption from AI — For Now

Summary

Research from Brookings Institution and Yale's Budget Lab, drawing on 33 months of data since ChatGPT's launch in November 2022, found no evidence of discernible labor market disruption attributable to AI as of early 2026. The proportion of workers in jobs with high, medium, and low AI exposure "remained remarkably steady over time," and researchers found no pattern of increasing AI exposure among unemployed workers. The study drew on labor market employment statistics, Anthropic Claude usage da