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  "claim": "AI will replace 300 million jobs (Goldman Sachs)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Goldman Sachs: AI will take 300 million jobs\"",
  "verdict": "misquoted",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found, but the way it is quoted changes the subject, metric, population or precision.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 2,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Goldman Sachs Research (Joseph Briggs and Devesh Kodnani)",
    "title": "Generative AI could raise global GDP by 7% (Apr. 5, 2023)",
    "year": "2023"
  },
  "quote": "Shifts in workflows triggered by these advances could expose the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs to automation, Briggs and Kodnani write. ... But not all that automated work will translate into layoffs, the report says.",
  "method": "Economist estimate based on task content of over 900 occupations.",
  "drift": [
    "Wording: 'expose the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs to automation' became 'replace 300 million jobs'",
    "Date: 2023 estimate"
  ],
  "interest": "Goldman Sachs advises and invests in AI and technology companies.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Goldman Sachs economists estimated in 2023 that generative AI could expose the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs to automation, while noting that not all automated work becomes layoffs.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Goldman Sachs — Generative AI could raise global GDP by 7%",
      "url": "https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/generative-ai-could-raise-global-gdp-by-7-percent",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Published Apr. 5, 2023",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}