Weekly AI Job Risk Summary
This week’s AI job risk update was shaped by stronger signals in coding automation, AI search, and early robotics deployment. The biggest pressure remains on digital knowledge work tied to repetitive text, support, and software tasks: Anthropic’s Code with Claude, Google I/O 2026 announcements around Gemini and AI agents, and the broader shift toward Google AI Search all reinforce concerns about jobs AI will replace first, especially roles built around drafting, summarizing, troubleshooting, and routine production. Creative fields also saw modest upward pressure from AI avatar tools and continued AI-related authorship controversies, increasing AI job risk for some content and media work. At the same time, cyber defense roles became slightly more resilient relative to the list because the reported AI-driven bug hunting arms race raises demand for human oversight in security. Physical, licensed, and high-trust service roles remain among the more AI-proof jobs, although robotic meal prep and embodied coding agents slightly increased risk for a few operational and robotic-adjacent occupations.
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, Scheduler, 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 AI Engineer, Robotics Engineer, Cybersecurity 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.
Economist, 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
45.02
Week-over-week change
+0.16
Jobs moving up
36
Jobs moving down
4
Jobs unchanged
164
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 | +1 | |
| 2 | Call Center Agent | 85 | +1 | |
| 3 | Customer Support Representative | 82 | +1 | |
| 4 | Data Entry Clerk | 81 | +0 | |
| 5 | Telemarketer | 81 | +0 | |
| 6 | Customer Support | 78 | +1 | |
| 7 | Software Tester | 78 | +1 | |
| 8 | Copywriter | 78 | +1 | |
| 9 | Office Clerk | 79 | +0 | |
| 10 | Retail Cashier | 78 | +0 | |
| 11 | Bookkeeper | 77 | +0 | |
| 12 | Administrative Assistant | 76 | +1 | |
| 13 | Truck Driver | 77 | +0 | |
| 14 | Content Writer | 75 | +1 | |
| 15 | Accounting Clerk | 76 | +0 | |
| 16 | Data Analyst | 76 | +0 | |
| 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 | Social Media Manager | 71 | +1 | |
| 25 | Insurance Underwriter | 72 | +0 | |
| 26 | SEO Specialist | 71 | +1 | |
| 27 | Digital Marketer | 71 | +1 | |
| 28 | Illustrator | 71 | +1 | |
| 29 | QA Engineer | 70 | +1 | |
| 30 | Taxi Driver | 71 | +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 / 2026-05-25
Wired / 2026-05-24
Wired / 2026-05-22
Wired / 2026-05-22
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-22
Wired / 2026-05-22
Wired / 2026-05-21
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-21
Wired / 2026-05-21
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-21
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-21
Wired / 2026-05-21
Wired / 2026-05-20
Wired / 2026-05-20
Wired / 2026-05-19
Wired / 2026-05-19
MIT Technology Review / 2026-05-19
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