California launches a statewide tracker to monitor AI-related job loss (opens in new tab)

California governor just announced a statewide tracker that follows AI-related unemployment claims—and said it’s the first tool of its kind in the country. Created from a partnership between the governor’s office, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) and the University of California’s nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL), the California AI-Unemployment Tracker monitors AI-related job loss by using statewide data on unemployment insurance claims. With planned monthly updat...