Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
Two months ago, Goldman Sachs economists estimated that artificial intelligence was wiping out roughly 16,000 net US jobs per month, with entry-level and young white-collar workers bearing the brunt. Goldman’s latest AI Adoption Tracker puts that net figure at around 11,000 jobs per month.
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Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
The Alan Milburn report released last week on young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) – evidence is still emerging and it would be premature to treat AI as a major cause of the current NEET problem. But it would be equally mistaken to ignore it. A technology that changes the content of work across large parts of the economy is likely to affect the jobs through which many young people have traditionally entered employment.
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Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
Rather than resisting the ways AI is transforming work, Gen Z is leaning into the shift. Interns report that AI is already embedded in their day‑to‑day work, with nearly 30% of current assignments involving some level of AI assistance, and they expect strong AI skills will garner an estimated 9% premium for entry‑level compensation.
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Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
See how early adopters are using AI to elevate human judgment and creativity.
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Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
When it comes to gen AI, the habits, attitudes, and ideas of Gen Z are a harbinger of the future of work. Most members of Gen Z use gen AI and, contrary to conventional wisdom, Gen Z’s relationship with these tools is more pragmatic than personal.
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Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
To unlock Gen Z’s full potential, we need to evolve how we lead. Here are five key shifts to embrace.
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Friday Reading Edition 290 (24th April 2026)
Every organisation delivering the UK’s critical services – whether in energy, transport, health, communications, financial services, or any other critical national infrastructure (CNI) sector – relies on uninterrupted digital operations. Disruption to those operations isn’t simply an IT issue; it’s a business continuity and national resilience issue.
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Friday Reading Edition 290 (24th April 2026)
Recent developments in artificial intelligence have underlined how quickly the cyber risk landscape is evolving. The recent controlled release of Anthropic’s Mythos model, reportedly capable of autonomously identifying and exploiting previously unknown software vulnerabilities, prompted urgent discussions among regulators, banks and government agencies in both the US and UK.
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Friday Reading Edition 290 (24th April 2026)
The cost of a cyber‑attack varies by company size and industry sector. Here are the patterns found in research conducted for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) – and why those patterns still matter today, even as the threat landscape evolves.
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Friday Reading Edition 290 (24th April 2026)
New attack trends and a growing customer exposure make up our top trends for 2026. Here’s what to look for in this year.
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