The AI job market in 2026 is characterized by high demand for roles such as AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, and Data Scientist, with the AI Engineer being the most in-demand role. The fastest-growing niches are agentic systems and Forward Deployed Engineering, with agentic AI engineers seeing a 280% increase in postings. In contrast, prompt engineer roles are fading, and entry-level hiring has become more challenging, with only 3% of ML engineer postings and 2% of AI Product Manager postings being entry-level. AI summary
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The resignation of Jacob Coxon, citing safety risks in AI, has sparked a wildfire of fear and discussion about existential risk and mass extinction, despite the lack of concrete evidence. The article argues that the discourse around existential risk is on poor footing, with many researchers overstating the risks and downplaying the benefits of AI advancements. The author suggests that the real risks are more focused on AI-caused disasters, such as cyber attacks or bio-risks, which are worth debating but not necessarily worth panicking about. AI summary
Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel discusses his career journey from law school and Wall Street to leading Priceline through the dot-com crash and scaling it into a $100 billion global travel company. The conversation covers the impact of AI …