Weekly AI Job Risk Summary
This week’s AI job risk update is mostly stable, with only small relative moves across occupations. The clearest signals came from product and workflow news: OpenAI’s reorganization to unify ChatGPT and Codex, plus continuing discussion of “vibe coding,” slightly increased pressure on coding-adjacent and digital content roles tied to drafting, testing, and routine software production. At the same time, enterprise coverage around data sovereignty and agentic AI in financial services reinforced that many deployments still need human oversight, governance, and regulated data controls, which modestly reduced replacement risk for some higher-trust analytical jobs. Defense-focused AR developments from Anduril and Meta highlighted AI as an augmentation layer for military decision-making rather than full substitution, supporting lower near-term risk for command roles. Overall, the latest news still points to the same pattern in searches for jobs AI will replace, jobs at risk from AI, AI job risk, and AI-proof jobs: routine digital work remains most exposed, while regulated, physical, and relationship-heavy work remains comparatively more resilient.
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 Software Tester, Copywriter, Content Writer. 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 Insurance Underwriter, Financial Analyst, Investment Analyst. 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.
Urban Planner, Urban Farmer, Investment Banker 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
44.86
Week-over-week change
+0.06
Jobs moving up
18
Jobs moving down
6
Jobs unchanged
180
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.
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.
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.
| Rank | Job | Risk Score | Last Week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scheduler | 86 | +0 | |
| 2 | Call Center Agent | 85 | +0 | |
| 3 | Customer Support Representative | 82 | +0 | |
| 4 | Data Entry Clerk | 81 | +0 | |
| 5 | Telemarketer | 81 | +0 | |
| 6 | Office Clerk | 79 | +0 | |
| 7 | Customer Support | 78 | +0 | |
| 8 | Software Tester | 77 | +1 | |
| 9 | Copywriter | 77 | +1 | |
| 10 | Retail Cashier | 78 | +0 | |
| 11 | Bookkeeper | 77 | +0 | |
| 12 | Truck Driver | 77 | +0 | |
| 13 | Administrative Assistant | 76 | +0 | |
| 14 | Accounting Clerk | 76 | +0 | |
| 15 | Data Analyst | 76 | +0 | |
| 16 | Content Writer | 74 | +1 | |
| 17 | Proofreader | 75 | +0 | |
| 18 | Court Reporter | 75 | +0 | |
| 19 | Receptionist | 74 | +0 | |
| 20 | Translator | 73 | +0 | |
| 21 | Paralegal | 73 | +0 | |
| 22 | Civil Drafter | 73 | +0 | |
| 23 | Delivery Driver | 73 | +0 | |
| 24 | Insurance Underwriter | 73 | -1 | |
| 25 | Social Media Manager | 70 | +1 | |
| 26 | SEO Specialist | 70 | +1 | |
| 27 | Digital Marketer | 70 | +1 | |
| 28 | Illustrator | 70 | +1 | |
| 29 | Taxi Driver | 71 | +0 | |
| 30 | Travel Agent | 70 | +0 |
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.
Wired / 2026-05-18
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-18
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-18
Wired / 2026-05-18
Wired / 2026-05-16
Wired / 2026-05-15
Wired / 2026-05-15
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-15
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-15
Wired / 2026-05-14
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-14
Wired / 2026-05-14
Wired / 2026-05-14
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-14
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-14
Wired / 2026-05-14
Wired / 2026-05-14
Wired / 2026-05-13
Wired / 2026-05-13
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