From all the data I have seen, the software industry is poised for a lot more growth in the foreseeable future.
I wonder if we are experiencing a local minima, on a longer upward trend.
Those that do find a job in a few days aren't online to write about it, so based on what is online we are lead to believe that it's all doom and gloom.
We also come out of a silly growth period where anyone who could sort a list and build a button in React would get hired.
My point is not that AI-coding is to be avoided at all costs, it's more about taming the fear-mongering of "you must use AI or will fall behind". I believe it's unfounded - use it as much or as little as you feel the need to.
P.S.: I do think that for juniors it's currently harder and require intentional efforts to land that first job - but that is the case in many other industries. It's not impossible, but it won't come on a silver plate like it did 5-7 years ago.