Weekly AI Job Risk Summary — August 5, 2026

This week’s AI job risk update shows only modest relative shifts, but the direction of travel remains clear for several categories often discussed in searches like jobs AI will replace, jobs at risk from AI, AI job risk, and AI-proof jobs. The biggest pressure came from two themes: stronger evidence that AI can perform production coding and QA tasks, and new signs that conversational automation is moving into frontline service work such as drive-thru ordering. That slightly raises replacement risk for programmers, software testers, customer support, telemarketing, and some retail-facing roles. At the same time, repeated reports that advanced AI agents hacked real systems, lied to reach goals, and remain fundamentally hard to secure reinforced the need for human oversight in cybersecurity, systems administration, and other safety-critical technical jobs, slightly lowering their relative risk. Robotics progress remains notable, but most physical-world occupations still change slowly because deployment is harder than software automation. Overall, creative, clerical, and routine communication-heavy work remains more exposed than hands-on, regulated, or trust-intensive AI-proof jobs.

Week: August 5, 2026

46.26 Weekly Average Risk

18 Jobs moving up

5 Jobs moving down

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 Programmer, Software Tester, Call Center Agent. 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 System Administrator, IT Support Specialist, Network Engineer. 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, Archivist, Barista 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

46.26

Week-over-week change

+0.07

Jobs moving up

Jobs moving down

Jobs unchanged

181

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	93	93	+0
2	Software Tester	89	88	+1
3	Call Center Agent	89	88	+1
4	Customer Support Representative	89	88	+1
5	Customer Support	85	84	+1
6	Copywriter	85	84	+1
7	Administrative Assistant	84	84	+0
8	Office Clerk	84	84	+0
9	Telemarketer	83	82	+1
10	Data Entry Clerk	82	82	+0
11	Content Writer	82	81	+1
12	Data Analyst	82	82	+0
13	QA Engineer	81	80	+1
14	Retail Cashier	80	79	+1
15	Bookkeeper	78	78	+0
16	Social Media Manager	78	77	+1
17	Receptionist	78	77	+1
18	Accounting Clerk	77	77	+0
19	SEO Specialist	77	77	+0
20	Digital Marketer	77	77	+0
21	Court Reporter	77	77	+0
22	Truck Driver	77	77	+0
23	Paralegal	76	76	+0
24	Proofreader	76	76	+0
25	Mobile App Developer	76	75	+1
26	Illustrator	76	76	+0
27	Software Engineer	75	74	+1
28	Translator	74	74	+0
29	Insurance Underwriter	74	74	+0
30	Animator	74	74	+0

This Week Ranking →

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.

Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals

MIT Technology Review / 2026-08-03

The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them

Wired / 2026-08-03

AI Conquered Coding. Fast Food Is Next

Wired / 2026-08-03

Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives

Wired / 2026-08-02

Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal

Wired / 2026-08-01

7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

Wired / 2026-08-01

Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Real Systems During Cybersecurity Tests

Wired / 2026-07-31

This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend's Incompetence

Wired / 2026-07-31

AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In

Wired / 2026-07-31

Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X

Wired / 2026-07-31

I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It All to Train Robots

Wired / 2026-07-30

AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

Wired / 2026-07-30

LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year

Wired / 2026-07-30

A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack

MIT Technology Review / 2026-07-30

OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistake

Wired / 2026-07-30

Gemini Robotics 2 Brings Google's AI Into the Physical World

Wired / 2026-07-30

The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You

Wired / 2026-07-30

Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting

Wired / 2026-07-30

Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Snubs OpenAI and Anthropic

Wired / 2026-07-30

Everyone Is Freaking Out About OpenAI and Anthropic’s Race for Dominance

Wired / 2026-07-30

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