Microsoft's Brad Smith on AI-era jobs: "Let's not panic"
Brad Smith , vice chair and president of Microsoft, slammed tech moguls for hypocritical, grandiose warnings that are alienating Americans at a time of huge workforce opportunity. "Nobody knows for sure, but let's not panic," Smith, who has been with Microsoft for 33 years , said from the tech giant's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Why it matters: Smith is among the tech leaders who think dire predictions about AI's threat to entry-level white-collar jobs are souring young Americans on a …

