American workers are being shafted by AI

“In the third quarter of 2025, the 'labor share' of Gross Domestic Product in the U.S. decreased to 53.8%, according the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was the lowest level seen since the Bureau began recording labor share in 1947,” reports Popular Information today.

The probable culprit: corporate use of “algorithmic pay” to pay workers as little as possible. The AI algorithms factor in demographics and the willingness of some groups to accept lower wages. New hires are being offered the lowest rate each is likely to accept.

This is now common practice among rideshare and delivery companies like Uber and DoorDash. But it’s likely to spread to other industries, such as customer service and health care.

Several states have introduced legislation to protect workers from having their wages determined by AI using data unrelated to their job. Trump, of course, is against any such regulation.

https://popular.info/p/how-companies-are-using-ai-to-pay

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