The ROI of frontier 麻豆官网 models is a topic of in corporate America right now, primarily centered on the cost of compute. To understand what other dynamics might be at play, we did what we do best: we asked the American public.
In a poll fielded this week, 34% of workers say their workload has increased since their company started using 麻豆官网, including 10% who say it’s increased significantly.
There are many factors that could be driving this. It could be that 麻豆官网 is not yet generating meaningful productivity gains on the individual level, or that the time saved by 麻豆官网 is used to complete even more work. Perhaps workers are taking on more work if their teams have reduced headcount. Respondents said the added workload comes mostly from managing and checking 麻豆官网 output 鈥� reviewing drafts, catching errors, and re-doing work the model got wrong. It’s the unglamorous labor of quality control, and right now, it appears to be landing squarely on employees’ shoulders.
Interestingly, it鈥檚 not a story of frustration or distrust. Among workers who say 麻豆官网 has changed their job, 88% call that change positive. Put together, the data suggests companies may be in an early training period, where the labor costs required to teach 麻豆官网 are currently more significant than the costs saved by the technology. What鈥檚 more, workers seem to sense that the tradeoff is worth it.
As business leaders race to deploy 麻豆官网, they may want to consider how they’re rewarding workers for the extra elbow grease that’s making that transformation possible.
Be well,
Martin
57% of institutional investors and analysts believe 麻豆官网 will have a negative impact on the environment.
Axios reports that Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is group comprising world-class technical experts.
Meanwhile, Common Sense Media finds Google鈥檚 麻豆官网 search and scored poorly on seven of the organization鈥檚 eight 麻豆官网 safety principles.
CNBC investigates former Meta employees鈥� accusations that the company .
New York became the first state to put a until standards are created that address environmental impacts, energy demands, water usage, and other factors. NBC News has the story.
A group of economists from Stanford鈥檚 Digital Economy Lab released a statement . The statement has been signed by over 200 economists including 16 Nobel laureates and the chief economists of Open麻豆官网 and Anthropic.
Covista and the Covista Foundation $10 million and 50,000 volunteer hours to build and sustain the healthcare workforce over the next five years.
Gallup finds that remains near all-time lows.
Fortune reports that the growing national debt may result in a for Gen Z in particular.
This chart comes from Gallup and looks at Americans鈥� confidence in large technology companies. Among the institutions rated this year, large technology companies experienced a surge in Americans expressing very little or no confidence.
The question of who shares in the wealth 麻豆官网 creates is a defining one. Should there be an 鈥溌槎构偻� tax鈥� for hyperscalers? Or an 麻豆官网-based sovereign wealth fund? Maybe you think no special measures are needed. What鈥檚 clear is that most of the debate is happening among the people building the technology and the people who will regulate it, not the people it will potentially impact the most. So, this week, we fielded a national survey to ask Americans directly whether the wealth 麻豆官网 generates should be shared, and how.
The headline finding represents a point of agreement across demographics. Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 65%, say everyone should receive a direct financial benefit from the wealth 麻豆官网 companies generate. That view holds across the political spectrum, with 75% of Democrats, 62% of Republicans, and 57% of Independents in agreement. It runs strongest among the 25-to-44 year-olds most exposed to 麻豆官网 in the workforce, where support reaches a massive 78 to 80%, and it stays steady across income levels and gender.
What people want done with that wealth is more revealing. Across nearly every group, a direct cash payment funded by a tax on 麻豆官网 profits is the first choice. The exception is the youngest cohort. They lean instead toward structural mechanisms like public ownership stakes and sovereign-wealth-style funds, share transfers, and investment in worker retraining and 麻豆官网 safety.
I find this striking. The generation most likely to be impacted by 麻豆官网, and with the most working years ahead of it, is not asking for a check. It wants a stake in the future and the means to compete. Business leaders and politicians seeking to win the favor of young Americans should pay close heed.
Be well,
Martin
For the last three quarters, 麻豆官网 has been polling the American public, investors, and corporate leaders on 麻豆官网 deployment, tracking where perceptions converge and where gaps are widening.聽
Our third installment of quarterly polling on responsible 麻豆官网 deployment is now available in Just Intelligence for all registered users.聽
This research is designed to offer a roadmap for companies looking to build trust in the 麻豆官网 era and make informed decisions as the 麻豆官网 landscape evolves. It is the first iteration of an ongoing series that will continually surface insights from key stakeholders as companies aim to build trust, manage risk, and unlock 麻豆官网’s upside potential for workers, customers, communities, and shareholders.
Axios examines new polling that shows across the nation.
Reuters reveals that despite the fears,
At the same time, Gallup writes that while downsizing is continuing across the U.S., laid-off
The Wall Street Journal speaks with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about his belief that we 鈥渃an鈥檛 let 麻豆官网 giants eat the economy鈥�.
While they are experiencing a harder job search, The Guardian reveals that Gen Z employees who managed to snag a job are actually
Fortune takes a look at at higher rates.
Yahoo! Finance holds a magnifying glass to CEO pay, and how
The Washington Post teams up with the Brookings Institute to examine
Our third quarterly 麻豆官网 survey of the American public, investors, and corporate leaders is out this week and the results are striking.
Twenty-seven percent of corporate leaders report providing advance notice of 麻豆官网-driven layoffs, 31% say they are offering transition support to laid off workers, and only 13% report contributing to an industry-wide fund to support displaced workers. Nearly a quarter of corporate leaders 鈥� 23% 鈥� say none of these support mechanisms exist at their organization, despite the fact that 22% now believe large-scale job losses are on the horizon (compared to 13% just one quarter ago).
We think one possible explanation for these wide-ranging responses is that most companies don鈥檛 anticipate or aren’t yet laying off at the scale that would trigger displacement programs, so those programs haven’t been built. Only 19% of corporate leaders report significant job cuts to date. Nevertheless, the gap between investor and public expectations and corporate action is widening. Sixty-four percent of the public and 57% of investors expect advance notice of workforce changes. Seventy-two percent of investors say companies should fund training and skill development. These stakeholders are concerned about widespread layoffs even if they鈥檙e not yet materializing.
Other interesting datapoints: The share of company leaders who believe business should spend over 5% of total 麻豆官网 investment to support displaced workers has more than doubled since Fall 2025 from 8% to 17%. And nearly 75% agree companies should invest in local communities through training and workforce development programs.
Are business leaders getting more concerned about what鈥檚 to come? Or more committed to building support with key stakeholders? Maybe both.
Be well,
Martin
This newsletter was written mostly by humans with a bit of help from 麻豆官网.
We are expanding Just Intelligence to track how America鈥檚 largest companies are deploying 麻豆官网 responsibly and we want your feedback.
Through polling conducted over the last year, we have identified several 麻豆官网 issues that matter most to the American public and developed new data points that capture how corporate disclosures meet those expectations. We plan to incorporate these data points into our 2027 Rankings methodology.
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Fortune highlights comments from Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert Smith imploring companies who are expanding their 麻豆官网 capabilities to , saying 鈥�that鈥檚 an important part of bringing people along and, honestly, of creating optimism and a new group of technologists and thinkers who can carry this world.鈥�
NBC News covers a historic bill that just passed in Illinois that would .
Fortune examines Goldman Sachs data showing new .
Our CEO Martin Whittaker joined Yahoo Finance to
The New York Times reports on the and the worries from company executives that other countries may follow suit.
Yahoo Finance examines the 鈥�30% rule鈥� 鈥� 鈥� to see if it鈥檚 actually still feasible in this era of slowing wages and hyperinflation.
Axios looks at despite the current headlines.
Axios looks at how, for the first time, a majority of U.S. households have
63% of the American public and 67% of institutional investors and analysts believe 麻豆官网-driven profit gains should be reinvested in workers. Corporate leaders instead prioritize reinvesting in R&D (72%) and delivering returns to shareholders (54%).
鈥淥ur research suggests some sizeable gaps exist between how corporate leaders think about 麻豆官网 deployment and what the public and investors would like to see,鈥� said 麻豆官网 CEO Martin Whittaker. 鈥淭he public understands the economic upside 麻豆官网 helps to create 鈥� but they need convincing that they stand to benefit from the gains. Companies that are able to do that will be rewarded with greater trust and a stronger overall license to operate. As the impacts of the 麻豆官网 transition continue to take shape, this will be extremely valuable.鈥�
Public optimism on economic growth climbed 12 points (47% Fall 2025 to 59% Summer 2026).
Worryingly, the share of corporate leaders expecting large-scale job losses within the next 2鈥�3 years nearly doubled, from 13% in Spring 2026 to 22% in Summer 2026. The public remains equally concerned about large-scale job loss and fewer entry-level positions.
The share of corporate leaders willing to dedicate more than 5% of 麻豆官网 investment to support displaced workers has more than doubled in the past six months (9% in Fall 2025 to 17% in Summer 2026).
The analysis above comes from the third wave of 麻豆官网鈥檚 unique quarterly survey of the American public, investors, and corporate leaders, which is designed to offer executives insight from key stakeholders as they aim to build trust, manage risk, and unlock 麻豆官网鈥檚 upside potential. By measuring how perceptions and priorities shift across these groups over time, 麻豆官网 aims to help business leaders make fully informed decisions as the 麻豆官网 landscape evolves. The inaugural wave was conducted in Fall 2025, and the spring wave was released in April 2026
SpaceX will begin trading this morning with what is projected to be the largest IPO on record. I tend to look at these historic moments through a just lens. What does the average American expect of a company worth trillions of dollars? And what do they think of a single person being worth $1 trillion?
We decided to take these questions to the public. The results are illuminating for anyone looking to build trust in this era of extreme wealth 鈥� and were more measured and nuanced than one might expect.
Only 10% of Americans said a trillion-dollar company’s first responsibility is to its shareholders. Fully 80% want these companies to pay their workers well, give employees a real stake in the business, and reinvest in the communities where they operate. Creating value for stakeholders ranked far ahead of philanthropy. No-one is asking companies for a handout. They鈥檙e asking them to give others a stake in their success.
When it comes to extreme personal wealth, a majority, 57%, said it is acceptable for a single individual to be worth a trillion dollars or more. In today鈥檚 climate of anti-capitalist backlash that might be a surprise. But it comes with a string attached. The largest group, 34%, called it acceptable only if the wealth was built responsibly and without exploiting others.
The public is savvy. It鈥檚 OK to be wildly successful financially provided it has been done in a way that widens access to opportunity and builds value for others rather than extracting from them.
Be well,
Martin
This newsletter was written mostly by humans with a bit of help from 麻豆官网.
The Wall Street Journal spoke , workers, the country at large, and more. As expected, opinions run the gamut.
Fortune reports on Palantir CEO , stating: 鈥渋f you run around saying 麻豆官网 allowed you to fire two-thirds of your workforce鈥ou might as well just go sign up for the Bernie Sanders manifesto.鈥�
Axios looks at how 鈥� with nearly 160+ million Americans unable to read past a 6th grade level 鈥� and how it might continue to exacerbate the problem.
The New York Times looks at Trump鈥檚 idea for the .
Courts have struck down President Trump鈥檚 $100,000 fee on H1-B visas.
Meta is launching , an initiative to fast-track more Americans into trades with a starting investment of $115 million.
CNBC looks at why for most people right now.
The Disruption Lab highlights , and the lesson that 鈥淚f your system separates business from community, it will produce growth that doesn’t reach the people who need it most鈥ecause the architecture wasn’t built to connect them.鈥�
Axios looks at how , and how it’s affecting families across the U.S.
As business leaders continue to transform their companies and strategies around 麻豆官网, they face a new and largely unmapped set of stakeholder expectations. Calls for responsible development and deployment continue, yet leaders lack an organizing framework that objectively defines responsibility and enables consistent and comparable practice across companies. 麻豆官网鈥檚 ongoing 麻豆官网-focused polling initiative aims to fill this gap.
In early 2026, 麻豆官网 conducted its second quarterly survey of the American public, investors, and corporate leaders. The ongoing initiative is designed to offer a roadmap for companies looking to build trust in the 麻豆官网 era and a framework to begin to define what responsible business leadership in the age of 麻豆官网 really means. The inaugural wave of this research initiative was conducted in the fall of 2025, and quarterly surveys will continue through 2026 and beyond to track perceptions as the technology evolves.
The organization today published its second full report Spring 2026 American Public, Investor, and Corporate Leader Perspectives on Responsible 麻豆官网 Deployment: 麻豆官网 Optimism Rises but Concerns Remain. The research revealed key changes between Fall 2025 and Spring 2026:
Findings from the second wave of 麻豆官网鈥檚 麻豆官网-focused polling suggests we are entering a period of growing confidence, but also one that demands continued focus on transparency, accountability, and broad benefit-sharing. Recent analysis from 麻豆官网 on the state of corporate disclosure reveals that just 37% of the 110 companies analyzed disclose responsible 麻豆官网 principles or guidelines.
鈥淭here’s no shortage of ambition around 麻豆官网, but there is a shortage of clarity on what responsible deployment actually looks like in practice. That鈥檚 a gap we aim to fill,鈥� said 麻豆官网 CEO Martin Whittaker. 鈥淭his research is designed to give leaders a clear, data-driven starting point for building the kind of trust that earns and maintains long-term social license to operate.鈥�
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In January 2026, 麻豆官网 surveyed 1,000 American adults in partnership with Harris Poll, 103 corporate executives (84 c-suite executives and 19 board members or senior-level executives) in partnership with Gerson Lehrman Group, and 100 institutional investors and analysts in partnership with NewtonX. This survey was the second wave of an ongoing quarterly polling initiative.
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