PwC put a number on the AI divide: 20% of companies now capture 74% of AI's economic value, and the gap is accelerating. Within days it was priced into Wall Street as Claude Design launched and Figma dropped 12%. The leaders aren't using better AI — they're asking different questions.
Jobs rarely vanish whole. The work inside them does.
Top stories for week 17:
- PwC's 2026 study finds 20% of companies now capture 74% of AI's economic value
- Claude Design launches on Opus 4.7, sending Figma down 12% in a single week
- Anthropic ships Opus 4.7 while keeping Mythos restricted, signalling a segmented model frontier
- LeCun and Amodei clash publicly over AI's impact on jobs
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