Tech companies are laying off tens of thousands of workers at a record pace, citing AI as the primary reason, but critics including Marc Andreessen argue AI is a convenient excuse for pandemic-era ove…
Ziwen Xu, founder of AI startup Hyperecho, is attempting to use Anthropic's Claude AI to 'vibe code' a version of Grand Theft Auto VI before its official November release, posting daily updates on X a…
Tech CEOs are increasingly blaming artificial intelligence for mass layoffs, with Wix cutting 1,000 employees, Block laying off 4,000, and other firms following suit—a pattern MIT professor Paul Oster…
An engineering manager with 15 years of experience describes the current period as the most chaotic of their career, citing rapid director changes, shifting projects, AI-driven executive expectations,…
Companies are laying off significant portions of their workforce while publicly attributing the cuts to AI-driven productivity gains, a pattern observed at Amazon, Atlassian, Meta, and Block. GitHub r…
Despite headlines attributing mass layoffs to AI, data shows only 5% of 2025 layoffs were AI-driven, totaling 54,836 jobs. Companies like Block, Klarna, and IBM used AI as a cover story to justify cut…
According to a Business Insider analysis of 15 layoff memos from companies like Block, Meta, and Disney in 2026, the word "AI" was the most frequently used term, appearing 46 times. Executives cited A…