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As AI-produced material floods the internet, the digital landscape faces a decline in quality and a shift towards curated human-created content, with implications for creativity, search, and worker displacement in 2026. Happy new year and welcome back to The AI Shift, our weekly look at artificial intelligence and the labour market. Building on the observations in this newsletter, two broad threads are likely to shape 2026: the changing texture of the internet as a place to spend time and the uneven labour-market consequences of rapid AI adoption across creative and technical work. [1] A striking point from last year is…
Executive Abstract Digital youth platforms and early‑intervention tools are already remaking the front end of behavioural health, and the evidence shows this is durable rather than experimental. Measurement‑enabled stepped care and strengthened AI safety requirements are the two immediate gatekeepers for scale, with regulatory activity and RCT evidence both rising;…
Executive Abstract Employers and insurers are actively catalysing investment in workforce mental-health technology by shifting procurement from pilot agreements to outcomes-linked and reimbursement-aware contracts, and by funding platform and interoperability infrastructure that makes outcome measurement auditable, which raises the prospects for scaled programmes. Measurement frameworks and policy clarifications are creating…
The Dawn of Commercial AI in Behavioural Health: How Hyve’s Acquisition of Behavioural Health Tech Accelerates Predictive Analytics and Diagnosis In the rapidly evolving landscape of behavioural health, where technology promises to bridge chronic gaps in care, a pivotal shift is underway. Predictive analytics and AI-driven diagnosis are no longer…
OpenAI and Amazon Web Services have announced a historic $38 billion alliance, promising to dramatically scale AI training and deployment with advanced GPU infrastructure, reshaping the future of cloud-based artificial intelligence. OpenAI and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have forged one of the most significant alliances in the history of technology,…
The UK government announced major reforms to GCSE assessments and curriculum, including reducing exam duration by up to three hours and introducing new subject initiatives, in a bid to ease student pressure and modernise education standards by 2028. The UK government has announced plans to reduce the average GCSE exam…
After months of disruptive strikes, London Underground workers secure a three-year pay agreement, highlighting the growing power of unions and the fragility of the city’s transport infrastructure amid ongoing industrial unrest. London Underground workers have secured a three-year pay deal after relentless strikes that disrupted the capital’s transport network, exposing…
The City of London Law Society and Law Society of England and Wales have issued stark warnings to the UK government, cautioning that recent proposals to increase taxes on LLPs threaten the sector’s stability and the UK’s position as a global legal hub. The City of London Law Society (CLLS)…
Investigations reveal adult gaming centres increasingly dominate socio-economically deprived areas in the UK, raising concerns over social harm and regulatory priorities, with calls for urgent policy overhaul. Recent investigations have laid bare a disturbing pattern: adult gaming centres (AGCs) are increasingly infiltrating some of the UK’s most economically distressed communities,…
A flurry of UK data centre developments worth over £10 billion has emerged in just one week, signalling the nation’s rapid ascent in the global hyperscale market driven by AI, digital transformation, and sustainability initiatives. In an unprecedented surge of data centre activity across the south of the UK, developments…
Despite promises of fairer support, Croydon continues to suffer from systemic underfunding and neglect, highlighting deep-rooted political failures that leave one of London’s vital boroughs stranded amidst austerity and debt. Croydon finds itself once again trapped in the quagmire of a deliberately outdated funding system that continues to disadvantage this…
Amid mounting concerns over proposed tax increases, UK business owners threaten to relocate and halt hiring, signalling a potential economic slow-down ahead of the Autumn Budget. The upcoming UK Budget is raising significant concerns among business owners, with research indicating a growing readiness among some to relocate their operations abroad…
Renewed optimism among buy-to-let landlords doubles since last year, driven by strong rental yields and demand, despite potential policy hurdles and energy regulations approaching. Positivity among buy-to-let landlords has shown a significant resurgence, with more than a third expressing optimism about the future of their investments—a figure that has more…
