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A bar chart that shows the share of ChatGPT requests used for other professionsâ work across eight jobs. Customer experience is highest at 77%, followed by design at 75% and human resources at 69%. Engineering is lowest at 28%. Legal is 56%, marketing 53%, and sales and finance 40%.

Share of ChatGPT use for other professions' work

Data: OpenAI; Note: Excludes generic work requests, like drafting emails or scheduling meetings; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios

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That 1969 jobless claims feeling

A line chart that tracks weekly initial unemployment claims from July 2023 to July 2026. Claims range from 187,000 on July 18, 2026, to 259,000 on Sept. 6, 2025. They mostly hover between 200,000 and 240,000, with brief spikes in August 2023, October 2024 and September 2025.

Initial claims for unemployment benefits

Data: Department of Labor; Chart: Neil Irwin/Axios

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