[PLEASANTON, California] -- California has launched what state officials describe as the nation's first public dashboard to track potential job losses linked to artificial intelligence, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, June 25. The California AI-Unemployment Tracker will provide monthly updates to identify possible AI-related job displacement.
Pleasanton, in the Tri-Valley region approximately 40 miles east of San Francisco in Alameda County, has a population of approximately 80,000. The city is home to Workday headquarters, Clorox headquarters, and the Safeway corporate campus.
The dashboard was developed in partnership with the California Employment Development Department and researchers at the University of California's California Policy Lab. State officials said it is intended to serve as an early warning system to help guide workforce policies, including job training, retraining, and employment assistance.
An initial analysis accompanying the dashboard found no evidence of widespread AI-related increases in unemployment claims statewide, according to the governor's office. However, researchers reported higher claims among some college-educated workers in occupations with high AI exposure and in the San Francisco Bay Area following the 2022 public release of ChatGPT-3.5.
