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CBS News’ leadership just told staffers why the broadcast network is enacting a new round of job cuts.”Today we are reducing the size of our workforce,” top editor Bari Weiss and network president Tom Cibrowski said in a memo to CBS News staff on Friday morning, which was obtained by Business Insider.”It’s…
Google told employees that it was confident its work with the Department of Defense aligned with the company’s AI principles — and that it was “leaning more” into securing national security work with governments, Business Insider has learned.In a Google DeepMind town hall in January, leaders including CEO Demis Hassabis…
Are you an entrepreneur? Miro may want to hire you.In the last two and a half years, CEO Andrey Khusid said that the company, which makes a visual collaboration tool, has made a “big shift” in its hiring strategy.To get ahead in the AI era, “we decided to add more…
If you’re an actor, your next role could involve performing for an AI company.Handshake AI is hiring performers, including those with improv skills, to record themselves responding to a “light prompt or scenario” with other actors, according to a job posting.The work is part-time, remote, open to workers with at…
This interview is based on a conversation with Lisa Devine, 37, a candle studio owner from Queens, New York. It has been edited for length and clarity.People often ask me why my Mom and Pop’s arts-and-crafts studio in New York is called “2nd Chance Candles.”The answer is simple: your past…
Employees at rival companies — including OpenAI — are rallying behind Anthropic as the startup warns its escalating dispute with the Pentagon could cost $5 billion in lost business. Loading audio narration… More than 30 researchers from OpenAI and Google, including Jeff Dean, the chief scientist of Google DeepMind, filed…
AI’s biggest impact will likely happen far from laptops, says the CEO of a $15 billion AI company.Qasar Younis, the cofounder and CEO of Applied Intuition, said on an episode of “Lenny’s Podcast” published Sunday that “the real impact of AI in the next 5 to 10 years” would show…
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said he can’t believe how much his software startup is spending on AI. Loading audio narration… “Our costs have more than tripled since November of 25,” Palihapitiya said during an episode of the “All-In Podcast” posted on Friday. “Between the inference cost that we pay AWS,…
AI leaders have said that artificial intelligence could eliminate large numbers of white-collar jobs — and those warnings have intensified after Block laid off 40% of its employees amid a new AI push. Loading audio narration… Salesforce’s CEO, Marc Benioff, isn’t so sure.In a Wednesday interview with CNBC, he suggested…
Survived the Block layoffs? You might be getting a hefty retention package, including a bonus.Naoko Takeda was a data scientist at Block’s Cash App for two years, per LinkedIn. After over 4,000 of her Block colleagues were laid off last week, Takeda wrote on LinkedIn that the company offered her…
