The graduate collapse: America’s young degree holders are losing jobs in the AI economy

The old American promise was simple that is earn a college degree, land a stable office job and build a comfortable middle-class life. But across the United States, that bargain is beginning to crack under the weight of artificial intelligence. As companies adopt AI tools capable of handling entry-level white-collar work, many fresh graduates are discovering that the jobs they trained for are shrinking, delayed or disappearing altogether.