{"id":22613,"date":"2026-04-07T14:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/theres-a-lot-of-desperation-skilled-older-workers-turn-to-ai-training-to-stay-afloat\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:37:30","slug":"theres-a-lot-of-desperation-skilled-older-workers-turn-to-ai-training-to-stay-afloat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/theres-a-lot-of-desperation-skilled-older-workers-turn-to-ai-training-to-stay-afloat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There\u2019s a lot of desperation\u2019: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They have degrees, expertise and years of experience \u2013 but can\u2019t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market<\/p>\n<p>When Patrick Ciriello lost his job and couldn\u2019t find work for nearly a year, his family\u2019s foundation crumbled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou hear about people who hit rock bottom,\u201d Ciriello told the Guardian. \u201cWell, I was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2026\/apr\/07\/ai-training-work-jobs\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c86732103befa771bc4f5f584f1fd247d6cabf4f\/1312_244_5359_4288\/master\/5359.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8561d5ae88f12ae4e2309453c706dc9c\" title=\"\u2018There\u2019s a lot of desperation\u2019: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat\" \/>They have degrees, expertise and years of experience \u2013 but can\u2019t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market<br \/>\nWhen Patrick Ciriello lost his job and couldn\u2019t find work for nearly a year, his family\u2019s foundation crumbled.<br \/>\n\u201cYou hear about people who hit rock bottom,\u201d Ciriello told the Guardian. \u201cWell, I was there.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They have degrees, expertise and years of experience \u2013 but can\u2019t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market When Patrick Ciriello lost his job and couldn\u2019t find work for nearly a year, his family\u2019s foundation crumbled. \u201cYou hear about people who hit rock bottom,\u201d Ciriello &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/theres-a-lot-of-desperation-skilled-older-workers-turn-to-ai-training-to-stay-afloat\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018There\u2019s a lot of desperation\u2019: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22613"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}