Browsing: Automation
Apollo chief economist says there’s ‘zero evidence’ AI is killing jobs—it’s creating them
Sløk pointed to ADP employment data as evidence, concluding that the AI spending frenzy is “stoking both employment and inflation.”…
Anthropic’s office launched an AI-run vending machine. It had AI-run stores and cafes within a year
What started as a modest experiment at Anthropic’s San Francisco office has become one of the more striking demonstrations of…
When the COO of Nike, the chief of operations at an $84 billion food distributor, and the CEO of a…
Starbucks quietly retires its AI inventory tool after barista complaints of inaccuracies
Starbucks has quietly scrapped its AI-powered inventory management system after only nine months since its deployment. The coffee giant confirmed…
As AI slashes white-collar jobs, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says there’s one department still hiring: sales
Legions of students pursued engineering in college in hopes of hitting the hiring market as a hot commodity. But now,…
iRobot cofounder Colin Angle: Roomba-maker’s biggest reason for failure was Chinese competitors
After Roomba-maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, cofounder and former CEO Colin Angle did not shy away…
Uber drivers in Massachusetts just pulled off the biggest labor win since 1941 — just before the robots arrive
Drivers for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft in Massachusetts became the first in the nation Tuesday to certify a union,…
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back AI jobs apocalypse predictions as they eye IPOs
Two of the most influential CEOs in tech spent the last year warning that AI would gut white-collar employment. Now…
Standard Chartered CEO apologizes for calling some workers ‘lower value human capital’ in AI push
The baby boomer bank leader took to LinkedIn to admit that his words had unnerved some of his coworkers. “I…
McKinsey partner says up to 50% of work hours could be transformed within the next 5 years
In the past few years, AI tools have entered the rank-and-file mainstream—and now, being skilled with the tech is increasingly…












