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The plaintiffs argue that graduates from the film school are unable to receive entry-level positions, citing an internal report which shows that most graduates earn $5,000 or less in their field of study.

Economists and tech executives, though, have pointed to other factors affecting hiring, including economic uncertainty from tariffs, a shift in investments and the rise of AI tools that could complete tasks typically filled by entry-level workers.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, whose company markets the Claude chatbot, once warned that AI would wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar occupations.

There are obvious questions about the widespread rollout of AI already impacting certain industries, and entry-level graduate jobs.

Bryan originally had proposed a $19 hourly wage, similar to the wage earned by entry-level firefighters with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.