Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok said there is no evidence so far that AI is reducing jobs. Citing the ADP National Employment Report, he said private-sector employment is still rising and companies are hiring workers needed to adopt AI. He wrote that demand for AI implementation specialists is increasing and data center expansion is pushing up wages for AI talent and prices for semiconductors, equipment and energy.

Views on software customization in enterprise software are shifting as AI agents spread, with some in the industry saying optimization is becoming a future-defining keyword. Calls are growing for system integration-style work to build software to customer needs, with some arguing AI agents without customization struggle in enterprise markets. Major AI firms are expanding hiring of forward deployed engineers and forming joint ventures to support deployments, while executives say deploying agents is complex and requires deep process understanding.