Experts urge action as AI accelerates workplace automation, with warnings that entry-level roles in major industries may vanish faster than expected.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI could wipe out roughly 50% of all entry-level white collar jobs. The cuts could come within five years, he says, causing unemployment to spike as high as 20%. He’s urging consumers and lawmakers to prepare now to protect the nation.

Netflix chairman Reed Hastings joined the board of directors of Anthropic, an AI company whose backers include Amazon.

Reed Hastings, the former CEO of Netflix that now serves as the streamer’s chairman, has been appointed to the board of directors of Anthropic, the AI company announced on Wednesday. Hastings has experience serving on the boards of Facebook, Microsoft, and Bloomberg and served as CEO of Netflix since its founding, stepping down in 2023.

Reed Hastings, executive chairman and co-founder of Netflix, has joined the board of directors of fast-growing AI firm Anthropic.