Bosses Are Using AI to Decide Who to Fire
Though most signs are telling us artificial intelligence isn’t taking anyone’s jobs, employers are still using the tech to justify layoffs, outsource work to the global South, and scare workers…
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After 9,000 Layoffs, Microsoft Boss Has Brutal Advice for Sacked Workers
Microsoft has laid off about 9,000 workers in the midst of a newly-announced $80 billion AI investment — and apparently, those who just lost their jobs should be talking to…
Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes
Companies that rushed to replace human labor with AI are now shelling out to get huamn workers to fix the technology’s screwups. As the BBC reports, there’s now something of a cottage…
Elon Musk Obtains Permit to Spew Pollution
In the city that built the blues, Elon Musk’s xAI data center has been given permission to keep polluting the air with fumes from burning methane gas — which it…
Journalists Just Roasted Sam Altman To His Face
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman got a taste of his own medicine when he went on the New York Times’ turf and tried to twist the newspaper’s copyright lawsuit against it. As…
Meta trains proactive chatbots that texts you first
Meta is testing AI chatbots that can send users messages out of the blue, remembering past conversations and suggesting topics, according to leaked documents. These AI chatbots are created by…
Threads’ new DM feature faces backlash from users
Earlier this week, Instagram’s Threads app introduced one of its most requested features: DMs to let people send private messages to each other. But soon after, many users, especially women,…
Apple delays foldable iPad to focus on iPhone fold
Apple has been rumored for years to be working on two big foldable devices: a foldable iPhone and a foldable iPad. Now, a new report says Apple has decided to…
Samsung tri-fold phone leaks in latest One UI 8 update
Samsung may have accidentally shown us the design of its upcoming foldable phone with three screens (sometimes called a “trifold” or “multifold”), thanks to animations discovered in the latest update…
Bombshell Research Finds a Staggering Number of Scientific Papers Were AI-Generated
Like any crappy human writer, AI chatbots have a tendency to overuse specific words — and now, scientists are using that propensity to catch their colleagues when they secretly use…