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WM Wes Moore Wes Moore Wes Moore is the Democratic governor of Maryland, with Aruna Miller as lieutenant governor.

“We need to be honest with people about how this technology is continuing to move. The truth is that you are going to see even a lot of white-collar industry jobs that are going to be challenged. If you look at the United States economy right now, there are certain industries that are becoming essentially low-fire but low-hire industries.”

Marketplace All-in-One · June 2026

“We need to be honest with people about how this technology is continuing to move. The truth is that you are going to see even a lot of white-collar industry jobs that are going to be challenged. If you look at the United States economy right now, there are certain industries that are becoming essentially low-fire but low-hire industries.” — Wes Moore, Marketplace All-in-One

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Moore on Marketplace Tech, asked what Maryland workers outside the industries covered by his $4 million AI workforce initiative can expect.

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Marketplace All-in-One Around 07:20 into the episode
Wes Moore

…state of Maryland. We see how the sphere is coming to the state of Maryland. It's going to support over 8,000 jobs once complete. So these are industries that we're uniquely prepared to win at. And so I also then just want to make sure that our workers are prepared to be able to benefit from that.

Stephanie Hughes

For the Maryland workers outside those industries, what can people expect to help them become ready for an AI-filled future?

Wes Moore

Well, one, I think we need to be honest with people about how this technology is continuing to move and what we are continuing to see. The truth is, is that you are going to see even a lot of white-collar industry jobs that are going to be challenged. If you look at the United States economy right now, there are certain industries that are becoming essentially low-fire but low-hire industries. We say it

Stephanie Hughes

all the time on our air.

Wes Moore

That's right, right? So, I mean, but that's a real phenomenon. So I think we have to be both honest about what that's looking like, creative about what are the new industries that we think this is going to help to help to support, but then also saying, how can we use this technology to be able to…

Stephanie Hughes

When you think about the scale of the overall artificial intelligence industry, $4 million is tiny. What do you plan to do after this money is gone?

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