Headlines measured
Cognitive Bias Observatory · curated-demonstration
AI and work: framing pilot
How public coverage frames AI-related jobs, hiring, layoffs, workforce change and labor-market uncertainty.
Sampling note: This six-item pilot was deliberately selected to demonstrate contrasting headline frames. It is not a representative sample and must not be used to estimate media prevalence.
Snapshot at a glance
Diversity ratio 0.833
A lexical view, not sentiment
Jaccard threshold ≥ 0.62
Observed headlines
Signals, not diagnoses.
The rules count visible wording and structure. They do not decide whether a story is true, fair, manipulative or psychologically biased.
Financial Times · 2026-08-19
Is AI really responsible for recent job cuts?
uncertainty-leaningquestion form
- Frame cues
- 0 gain · 0 loss
- Certainty cues
- 0 certainty · 1 uncertainty
- Source
- ft.com · United Kingdom
Reuters · 2026-08-13
AI creeps onto Fed radar, but footprint is small so far
uncertainty-leaningauthority 1
- Frame cues
- 0 gain · 0 loss
- Certainty cues
- 0 certainty · 1 uncertainty
- Source
- reuters.com · United Kingdom
Reuters · 2026-06-17
AI will lead to labour shortages, Bezos says in optimistic talk
loss-leaningcertainty-leaningauthority 1
- Frame cues
- 0 gain · 1 loss
- Certainty cues
- 1 certainty · 0 uncertainty
- Source
- reuters.com · United Kingdom
Associated Press
A grim job outlook meets a scrappy workforce as administrative assistants harness AI
loss-leaninguncertainty-leaningsalience 2
- Frame cues
- 0 gain · 1 loss
- Certainty cues
- 0 certainty · 1 uncertainty
- Source
- apnews.com · United States
The Wall Street Journal · 2026-08-19
The Bright Side of AI's Impact on the Labor Market
gain-leaningsalience 1
- Frame cues
- 1 gain · 0 loss
- Certainty cues
- 0 certainty · 0 uncertainty
- Source
- wsj.com · United States
- Frame cues
- 1 gain · 0 loss
- Certainty cues
- 0 certainty · 0 uncertainty
- Source
- openai.com · United States
Method
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