India, Aug. 27 -- AI is rapidly reshaping the job market for young professionals and there's new data to back up the claims. A recent study from Stanford University finds that entry-level employment in AI-exposed fields has dropped by 13% since late 2022. The decline has hit software developers, customer service representatives, and administrative assistants aged 22 to 25 the hardest, even as older workers in these same roles continued to see job gains during the same period.

The Stanford analysis, which looked at millions of payroll records from ADP, revealed that the most severe job losses were in positions where AI is able to automate tasks rather than simply help employees work faster or smarter. For young software developers aged 22...