Ambassador ☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Online retail giant <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> – said to be America’s second-largest employer – is reportedly planning a major expansion of its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/warehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warehouse</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automation</span></a> that could reduce the number of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hires</span></a> by more than 600,000 over the next eight years.</p><p>According to internal documents obtained by The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a>, the company’s robotics division aims to automate roughly 75 percent of operations by around 2033, and expects to avoid about 160,000 new roles by 2027.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/leaked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leaked</span></a> materials also highlight <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CostSavings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CostSavings</span></a> of around $12.6 billion from 2025-2027, or about 30 cents saved per item shipped.”</p><p>🤖 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotics</span></a> / 🦾 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> 🦿<<a href="https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/10/21/amazon-reportedly-about-to-replace-half-a-million-human-workers-with-robots/95713/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">roboticsandautomationnews.com/</span><span class="invisible">2025/10/21/amazon-reportedly-about-to-replace-half-a-million-human-workers-with-robots/95713/</span></a>></p>
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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> sector is cutting <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/graduate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graduate</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> dramatically – down 46 percent in the past year, with another 53 percent drop projected, according to figures from the Institute of Student Employers (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ISE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISE</span></a>).</p><p>The culprit? <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is already doing the entry-level work graduates used to perform like routine <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DataAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataAnalysis</span></a>, and basic <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> tasks. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Companies</span></a> still need tech <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/talent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>talent</span></a>, but they're hiring experienced <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> instead of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> newcomers.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> <<a href="https://theregister.com/2025/10/16/uk_tech_grad_jobs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/10/16/uk_</span><span class="invisible">tech_grad_jobs/</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“In August Google said it had cut 35% of its managers overseeing teams of fewer than three. In September Fiverr, a freelancing marketplace, said it would shed <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/managers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>managers</span></a> to focus more on artificial intelligence (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a>). Amazon has been trimming all year in its effort to improve efficiency—most recently in July, at its cloud-computing arm. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has been complaining about “managers managing managers” since 2023.</p><p>And that’s just in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a>. So far this year phrases relating to “reducing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> layers” have been mentioned 98 times on the earning calls of companies in s&p’s global stockmarket index, twice as often as in the whole of 2022.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/VfX7I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/VfX7I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2025/10/05/bonfire-of-the-middle-managers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/business/2025/10</span><span class="invisible">/05/bonfire-of-the-middle-managers</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Without a human in the loop. </p><p>These <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/agents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agents</span></a> are remarkable at what they’re doing, and you can take action with an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/agent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agent</span></a> built on the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Sierra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sierra</span></a> platform — 100 percent of our customers are doing it. To some degree, there’s this technique in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> called retrieval augmented generation, which is a fancy way of saying it’s answering questions. It turns out that that’s kind of a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/commodity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodity</span></a> at this point. </p><p>Slapping <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> together with a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KnowledgeBase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeBase</span></a> is not that hard. Most <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> nowadays could do that in a weekend, which by the way is mind-blowing. It was science fiction three years ago; now it’s a weekend project. Welcome to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>. It’s mind-blowing.” — Bret Taylor </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAG</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIBubble</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenAi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAi</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/773904/sierra-ceo-bret-taylor-ai-agents-openai-bubble-interview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/decoder-podcast-w</span><span class="invisible">ith-nilay-patel/773904/sierra-ceo-bret-taylor-ai-agents-openai-bubble-interview</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Fiverr has told around 250 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/staffers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staffers</span></a> that they are back on the market as it pivots to having "a modern, clean, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>-focused <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> from the ground up."</p><p>The company confirmed on Tuesday to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TheRegister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRegister</span></a> that it would <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LayOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LayOff</span></a> around 30 percent of its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workforce</span></a>. In an extended essay on X, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/founder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>founder</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MichaKaufman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaKaufman</span></a> said that AI was going to mean a fundamental <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rethink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rethink</span></a> and that the 15-year-old freelance services bazaar is "going back to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> mode."”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sackings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sackings</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/restructuring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restructuring</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/16/fiverr_ai_layoff/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/09/16/fiv</span><span class="invisible">err_ai_layoff/</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“More than half of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> companies are considering a complete restructure or changing their operating model in response to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, according to research from the consulting sector.</p><p>Looking at responses from consulting clients, research firm Source said that it found the changes had become a priority among the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telecoms</span></a> sector (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TMT</span></a>).</p><p>Using the research firm's database and interviews with 150 clients, Source found that 60 percent of those in the tech sector expect to invest in organizational restructuring in the next 18 months.</p><p>"TMT clients remain unconfident, but advances in AI and new technologies are triggering urgent discussions about business restructuring,"”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/layoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoff</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sacking</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/restructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restructure</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/15/tech_restructures_ai/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/09/15/tec</span><span class="invisible">h_restructures_ai/</span></a>> / REPORT <<a href="https://www.sourceglobalresearch.com/reports/9586-the-technology-media-and-telecoms-consulting-market-in-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sourceglobalresearch.com/repor</span><span class="invisible">ts/9586-the-technology-media-and-telecoms-consulting-market-in-2025</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“"After a thorough review of our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Human</span></a> Data efforts, we've decided to accelerate the expansion and prioritization of our specialist <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AITutors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITutors</span></a>, while scaling back our focus on general AI tutor roles. This <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StrategicPivot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicPivot</span></a> will take effect immediately," the email read. "As part of this shift in focus, we no longer need most generalist AI tutor positions and your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> with xAI will conclude."</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> were told that they would be <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/paid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paid</span></a> through either the end of their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/contract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contract</span></a> or November 30, but their access to company systems would be terminated the day of the layoff notice.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DataAnnotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataAnnotation</span></a> team is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/xAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xAI</span></a>'s largest team. The workers play a key role in developing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> by teaching the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> how to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/understand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>understand</span></a> the world by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/contextualizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contextualizing</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/categorizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>categorizing</span></a> raw <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>.”</p><p>LLMs and chatbot products are a pipeline of human and machine processes. Data annotators put the human into AI products. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DataAnnotators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataAnnotators</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> <<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-layoffs-data-annotators-2025-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/elon-musk-</span><span class="invisible">xai-layoffs-data-annotators-2025-9</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/q56om" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/q56om</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“It was a job Tekkılıç had fallen into and come to love. Late last year, when depression and insomnia had stalled his art career, his older sister sent him a job posting she thought would be a perfect fit for the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> enthusiast and would help him pay for his rent and iced Americano obsession. On his best weeks, he earned about $1,500, which went a long way in Turkey. The remote work was flexible. And it let him play a small but vital role in the burgeoning world of generative AI.</p><p>Hundreds of millions of humans now use <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> on a daily basis. Some are treating the bots they commune with as coworkers, therapists, friends, and even lovers. In large part, that's because behind every shiny new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIModel</span></a> is an army of humans like Tekkılıç who are paid to train it to sound more human-like. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DataLabelers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataLabelers</span></a>, as they're known, spend hours reading a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a> answers to test <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/prompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompts</span></a> and flag which ones are helpful, accurate, concise, and natural-sounding and which are wrong, rambling, robotic, or offensive”</p><p>Humans who filter, AI question/response data. Think about that if you hear marketing about the sophistication of chatbots, AI models and intelligence. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> <<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-training-jobs-data-annotators-labelers-outlier-scale-meta-xai-2025-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/ai-trainin</span><span class="invisible">g-jobs-data-annotators-labelers-outlier-scale-meta-xai-2025-9</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/ejcbc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/ejcbc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“While ANZ has begun sweeping <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/restructures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restructures</span></a> and started <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/culling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culling</span></a> 3500 jobs, some ANZ staffers have taken to online platform Reddit to vent and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gossip</span></a>. It is an online phenomenon that has given the media – and the wider public – new insights into how Matos’ agenda is being received in parts of ANZ’s workforce.</p><p>Some <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ANZStaff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ANZStaff</span></a> have taken to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reddit</span></a> in response to changes from new chief executive <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NunoMatos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NunoMatos</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> platform has meant disgruntled <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> can <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/anonymously" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anonymously</span></a> rail against their bosses, crack jokes, share gossip about what’s happening in their section of the bank, and support each other through a time of high anxiety.”</p><p>In <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a>, before social media and Reddit, there was FC! </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ElNuno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElNuno</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/inside-the-reddit-thread-where-disgruntled-anz-staffers-are-railing-against-the-boss-20250910-p5mtuw.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/business/banking</span><span class="invisible">-and-finance/inside-the-reddit-thread-where-disgruntled-anz-staffers-are-railing-against-the-boss-20250910-p5mtuw.html</span></a>> / <<a href="https://archive.md/wL6GO" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/wL6GO</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Company" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_C</span><span class="invisible">ompany</span></a>> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DotComDeadPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DotComDeadPool</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FC</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/wTkQw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/wTkQw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Two months ago, the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CommonwealthBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonwealthBank</span></a> announced plans to replace 45 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CustomerService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CustomerService</span></a> workers with an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> before later backtracking and reversing the decision.</p><p>But across the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FinancialServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialServices</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> sector, the use of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is soaring and thousands of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> have been cut – though the connection is rarely officially made.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBA</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/09/dhanushi-lost-her-job-the-same-day-cba-rolled-out-an-ai-chatbot-it-may-just-be-the-beginning" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/sep/09/dhanushi-lost-her-job-the-same-day-cba-rolled-out-an-ai-chatbot-it-may-just-be-the-beginning</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“What’s actually going to happen is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RichPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichPeople</span></a> are going to use AI to replace <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>,” he says. “It’s going to create massive <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> and a huge rise in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a>. It will make a few people much richer and most people poorer. That’s not AI’s fault, that is the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CapitalistSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalistSystem</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GeoffreyHinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoffreyHinton</span></a> <<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/31feb335-4945-475e-baaa-3b880d9cf8ce" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/31feb335-4945-4</span><span class="invisible">75e-baaa-3b880d9cf8ce</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/Ua8gt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/Ua8gt</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Several <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CEOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEOs</span></a> of major <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> companies in the US have warned that AI will wipe out millions of white-collar and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EntryLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EntryLevel</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechJobs</span></a> by as early as 2030. Are we right to fear for the next generation of young people? I am a tech pessimist. </p><p>Not only will <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> make many relatively well-paying <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MiddleClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleClass</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> redundant, but its rampant use during critical learning and developmental stages of life threatens to leave young people dependent on it as a tool for basic <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a>, and ill-equipped to face the challenges of a changing and unstable world. </p><p>This is only amplified by the infiltration of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCompanies</span></a> into every corner of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> life, and with it the addiction-driven commodification of our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/attention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attention</span></a>, packaged into <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> insights and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> opportunities for sale to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThirdParties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdParties</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-first-generation-with-declining-standards-of-living-australia-s-faltering-economic-standing-20250618-p5m8k7.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/national/the-first-</span><span class="invisible">generation-with-declining-standards-of-living-australia-s-faltering-economic-standing-20250618-p5m8k7.html</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/BkUQw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/BkUQw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@jasongorman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jasongorman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@yacc143" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yacc143</span></a></span> The replacement of Engineering: <<a href="https://ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw/114936102022731315" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw/114</span><span class="invisible">936102022731315</span></a>> </p><p>Thats only one report, follow through <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> to see the news reports I’ve collected.</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“From hospitals to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GP</span></a> clinics, the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tool</span></a> has been lauded by burnt-out doctors for helping to lighten to back-breaking load.</p><p>Dr <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BenCondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BenCondon</span></a>, who now works for an Australian <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HealthTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthTechnology</span></a> company, first stumbled across <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> during a shift in a rural <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WesternAustralian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternAustralian</span></a> emergency department.</p><p>"I was blown away by how much it helped, in terms of giving me an extra set of hands … *writing all my notes*," he said.</p><p>But experts have warned there are real <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/risks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risks</span></a>: patient <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DataBreaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBreaches</span></a> can fetch a pretty penny on the dark web, and the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> has the potential to generate "<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/misleading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misleading</span></a>" <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HealthSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthSystems</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/ai-scribes-gps-and-hospitals-accuracy-data-breach-risk/105490478" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/ai-</span><span class="invisible">scribes-gps-and-hospitals-accuracy-data-breach-risk/105490478</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Jamie Dimon is unequivocal about the impact of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RemoteWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteWorking</span></a> on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> new bankers. “It doesn’t work in our business,” the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase told Stanford’s Graduate School of Business this year. </p><p>“Younger people [are] left behind.”<br>He has previously spoken of the importance of “the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/apprenticeship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeship</span></a> model . . . which is almost impossible to replicate in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoom</span></a> world”.</p><p>In many <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workplaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workplaces</span></a>, that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ApprenticeshipModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ApprenticeshipModel</span></a> is as simple as sitting near a more experienced <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/colleague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colleague</span></a> or joining a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>client</span></a> meeting to watch how it is done, while also *learning the ropes* by taking on often more <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/repetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repetitive</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasks</span></a>.</p><p>But <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OnTheJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnTheJob</span></a> learning is now facing the double threat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a>, which means <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JuniorStaff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorStaff</span></a> spend less time <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/observing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>observing</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/listening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listening</span></a> to more senior <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/colleagues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colleagues</span></a>, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a>, which is making <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/obsolete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsolete</span></a> many of the routine tasks that have long been building blocks of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ProfessionalKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessionalKnowledge</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/071089b8-839a-4f96-af79-394c08a146d1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/071089b8-839a-4</span><span class="invisible">f96-af79-394c08a146d1</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/WROMn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/WROMn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“When implementing an AI strategy, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> have to look at all these aspects to find the best fit for their needs. This is harder than it sounds. A business’s decision on how to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/deploy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deploy</span></a> AI is very different to choosing a static <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> stack to be rolled out across an entire organisation in an identical way. </p><p>Businesses have yet to understand that a successful <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIStrategy</span></a> is “no longer a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> decision made in a tech department about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a>”, says <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MackenzieHowe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MackenzieHowe</span></a>, co-founder of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Atheni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atheni</span></a>, an AI strategy <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/consultant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consultant</span></a>. As a result, she says, nearly *three-quarters of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> rollouts do not give any return on investment*.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIDeployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIDeployment</span></a> <<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8452bf94-9a41-4040-913f-ef1a462d6ea6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/8452bf94-9a41-4</span><span class="invisible">040-913f-ef1a462d6ea6</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/WlhLh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/WlhLh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“The natural worry for anyone hoping to have a job in five years’ time is what <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> might do to that job. And while there are few certainties, Autor and Thompson’s framework does suggest a clarifying question: does AI look like it is going to do the most highly skilled part of your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> or the low-skill rump that you’ve not been able to get rid of? </p><p>The answer to that question may help to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/predict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>predict</span></a> whether your job is about to get more fun or more annoying — and whether your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/salary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salary</span></a> is likely to rise, or fall as your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ExpertWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExpertWork</span></a> is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/devalued" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devalued</span></a> like the expert work of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MartinWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartinWolf</span></a> <<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b67bcbaa-67b9-48f8-ad4d-4cd6f9bdc1b7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/b67bcbaa-67b9-4</span><span class="invisible">8f8-ad4d-4cd6f9bdc1b7</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/Cn6lu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/Cn6lu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“‘They can help deliver a lot more notes <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/faster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faster</span></a> with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LessWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LessWork</span></a>, but ultimately the decision on what’s helpful enough to show still comes down to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a>,’ Coleman said Tuesday in an interview. “So we think that combination is incredibly <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/powerful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerful</span></a>.”</p><p>There are currently hundreds of notes published to Twitter (x) every day, Coleman said, and while he doesn’t have a target for how that might change once AI is involved, there could be a “significant” increase. Twitter (x) first debuted a crowd-sourced fact-checking program when the company was still known as <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>, and well before Musk’s 2022 takeover. But its focus on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CommunityNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityNotes</span></a> has increased under Musk’s ownership, and has recently been adopted by other companies, including <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> Platforms Inc. and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ByteDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteDance</span></a> Ltd.’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a>.</p><p>Musk himself has said Community Notes serves as a bulwark against <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FalseInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseInformation</span></a>, calling it hoax kryptonite, but he is also regularly <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/flagged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flagged</span></a> by the fact-checking process for posting misleading information.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AITools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITools</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KeithColeman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeithColeman</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <<a href="https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/x-will-deploy-ai-to-write-community-notes-expand-fact-checking" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-07-01/x-will-deploy-ai-to-write-community-notes-expand-fact-checking</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/pk7Tg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/pk7Tg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“The number of new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EntryLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EntryLevel</span></a> UK jobs has dropped by almost a third since the launch of ChatGPT, figures suggest, as companies use artificial intelligence to cut back the size of their workforces.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Vacancies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vacancies</span></a> for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/graduate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graduate</span></a> jobs, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/internships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internships</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JuniorJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorJobs</span></a> with *no degree requirement* have dropped 32% since the launch of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIChatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIChatbot</span></a> in November 2022, research by the job search site Adzuna released on Monday has found. These entry-level jobs now account for 25% of the market in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, down from 28.9% in 2022.</p><p>Businesses are increasingly using <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> as a route to improve efficiency and reduce staff numbers. This month the chief executive of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BT</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AllisonKirkby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllisonKirkby</span></a>, said advances in AI could presage deeper job cuts at the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telecoms</span></a> company, after it outlined plans two years ago to shed between 40,000 and 55,000 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/30/uk-entry-level-jobs-chatgpt-launch-adzuna" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jun/30/uk-entry-level-jobs-chatgpt-launch-adzuna</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“What seems rather dangerous about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hollywood</span></a>’s interest in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> isn’t the “death” of the larger <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StudioSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudioSystem</span></a>, but rather this <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>’s potential to make it easier for studios to work with *fewer actual people*. </p><p>That’s literally one of Asteria’s big selling points, and if its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workflows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workflows</span></a> became the industry norm, it is hard to imagine it scaling in a way that could accommodate today’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workforce</span></a> transitioning into new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/careers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>careers</span></a>. </p><p>As for what’s good about it, Mooser knows the right talking points. Now he has to show that his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> — and all the changes it entails — can work.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tooling</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AITools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITools</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/694687/asteria-bryn-mooser-uncanny-valley-gen-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/ai-artificial-int</span><span class="invisible">elligence/694687/asteria-bryn-mooser-uncanny-valley-gen-ai</span></a>></p>
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