Weekly AI Job Risk Summary
Week: April 1, 2026
This week’s AI job risk update is mostly stable, with only small relative adjustments as the latest AI news was mixed. The biggest signal raising exposure for some knowledge-work roles is stronger mainstream adoption of general-purpose assistants: Anthropic said Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year, and Google launched easier switching tools into Gemini. That supports slightly higher near-term risk for jobs at risk from AI where core tasks are text-heavy, research-heavy, or chatbot-compatible, such as translation, customer support, and administrative work. At the same time, OpenAI’s shutdown of Sora looks like a reality check for AI video and creative automation, limiting the case for sharp increases in video-first and some visual content roles. Stanford’s study on the dangers of chatbots giving personal advice also reinforces limits for counseling and therapy-adjacent work, supporting the idea that many interpersonal and regulated occupations remain relatively AI-proof jobs for now. Overall, the ranking of jobs AI will replace changes only modestly this week.
This Week in Context
These paragraphs turn the weekly table into a readable explanation of where automation pressure broadened, narrowed, or stayed steady.
The weekly average risk moved upward, which suggests pressure broadened rather than staying isolated to only a few roles.
The clearest upward pressure appeared in Scheduler, Call Center Agent, Customer Support Representative. Moves like these often show where AI is taking on more repeatable drafting, comparison, coordination, or first-pass analytical work.
Relative pressure eased most in Illustrator, Animator, Video Editor. That does not make these roles permanently safe, but it does suggest this week's signals were less aggressive than in the roles moving upward.
Economist, Urban Farmer, Librarian changed little and help anchor the baseline for this week. Stable roles matter because they show where the ranking is holding its shape even while other parts of the market move.
Read these paragraphs together with the linked news and the full ranking. The point is not a one-week prediction of replacement, but a clearer view of where automation pressure is concentrating first.
How to Read This Week
This report works best when you read the summary, score movement, and linked news together. Treat it as a weekly reading of changing automation pressure, not as a one-week prediction that a profession will immediately disappear.
Weekly Average Risk
44.07
Week-over-week change
+0.10
Jobs moving up
30
Jobs moving down
8
Jobs unchanged
166
Trend
The chart shows how the overall weekly average has moved. It helps separate a broad market shift from changes limited to a smaller set of jobs.
Where Pressure Rose First
These jobs posted the strongest upward moves this week. Read them as signs of where automation pressure is tightening fastest right now.
Where Pressure Eased
These jobs moved downward this week. A lower score does not mean the role is safe forever, but it does suggest less immediate pressure relative to the prior week.
- Illustrator -1
- Animator -1
- Video Editor -1
- AI Engineer -1
- Film Director -1
Roles That Stayed Relatively Steady
These jobs changed little this week and help anchor the broader picture. Stability often matters as much as movement when judging whether a shift is broad or narrow.
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Economist
Risk Score 38 +0
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Urban Farmer
Risk Score 43 +0
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Librarian
Risk Score 40 +0
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Astronomer
Risk Score 22 +0
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Diplomat
Risk Score 14 +0
This Week Ranking
Use the full ranking as a current snapshot of relative pressure across jobs. The score alone matters less than the combination of score, week-over-week change, and the task mix behind the role.
AI News Used In This Weekly Evaluation
The articles below are the main signals used in this week's evaluation. Read them as context for why pressure rose, fell, or stayed stable.
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Wired / 2026-03-27
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