Workers use AI to get faster. Firms that invest in AI still cut jobs.

New US Census data shows how firms are actually using AI. Most companies use AI to help workers do their jobs, but broader company investments in AI still lead to job cuts.

For years, people have worried AI would immediately replace jobs. This paper shows that individual workers using AI tools mostly get faster at their tasks, not fired. But when companies make bigger, more integrated AI investments across business functions, jobs still disappear.