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What the rise of AI means for teenage workers

WBUR
Published January 21, 2026 at 11:01 AM CST

Karissa Tang is a 17-year-old in California who got curious about the impact of artificial intelligence on typical teen jobs like cashiers and fast food counter workers. She embarked on an ambitious economic research project and shared her findings with us.

The Indicator’s Wailin Wong and Stephan Bisaha report.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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