# Work After AI 2026: The Great Misconception About the AI Job Killer

> The annual assessment of how artificial intelligence is transforming work. Annual report by Gerhard Kürner on artificial intelligence and work with a European and DACH focus, English edition. Version 1.2 of September 24, 2026. 10 key findings, 9 gradable predictions, 141 verified sources. Work DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22868155. Cite with version, identifier and DOI.

Identifiers: prefix WAAI-2026, chapters C, key findings K, predictions P, external benchmarks V, sources Q; identical to the German edition. Every identifier is an anchor in report.md.

## Files

- [Full report as Markdown](report.md): the text with anchors and version history
- [Key findings](key-findings.json): the 10 key findings with sources and citation template
- [Predictions](predictions.json): the 9 predictions with target year and test criterion
- [External benchmarks](benchmarks.json): predictions by others that the report grades along with its own
- [Sources](sources.json): the list of sources with addresses
- [Table of contents](chapters.json): chapters with identifiers and word counts
- [Metadata](index.json): version, date, DOI, license, checksums
- [Skill for agents](skill/work-after-ai-en/SKILL.md): framework, terminology rules, citation rule

## Currency

- [Current version and PDF](https://www.workafterai.org/p/work-after-ai-report-2026-en)
- [Website with analyses between versions](https://www.workafterai.org)
- This version permanently on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22934918
- The Zenodo record of version 1.2 holds the PDF; the files of this machine edition are published on Google Drive (folder linked from the download post) and, from version 1.3 on, next to the PDF on Zenodo.