Canaries in the AI-First Workplace

Canaries are young professionals in AI-exposed jobs. 📉 New Stanford research shows that employment for software developers aged 22–25 dropped 20% between October 2022 and July 2025. Customer service jobs show a similar pattern. This isn’t about hype—it’s about real payroll data from 25 million workers. And the signal is clear: AI is reshaping the workforce, starting with those at the entry level.