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Raspberry Pi founder warns AI hype could worsen tech skill shortages and hurt the economy

Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi, cautions that overestimating AI's capabilities could discourage young people from pursuing tech careers, worsening existing skill shortages. With tech layoffs surpassing 100,000 in 2025 and companies attributing cuts to AI, Upton argues that the hype risks creating a future without enough engineers to sustain economic growth.

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Raspberry Pi founder warns AI hype could worsen tech skill shortages and hurt the economy

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Amazon Games forced team to pivot Project Trident to AI, then laid them off anyway

Amazon Game Studios pressured developers to abandon their Shadow of the Colossus-style game to build Project Trident with generative AI integration. The team scrambled through multiple pivots over 18 months, creating a Viking-inspired action comedy with LLM-powered NPCs. Despite nearing a playable demo, Amazon laid off the entire team in October 2025 alongside 14,000 employees.

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Amazon Games forced team to pivot Project Trident to AI, then laid them off anyway

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Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs to reallocate resources towards AI despite record quarterly revenue

Cisco is laying off nearly 4,000 employees—about 5% of its workforce—despite posting record quarterly revenue and strong financial results. CEO Chuck Robbins says the cuts will fund strategic investments in AI, silicon, optics, and cybersecurity as the company shifts toward high-growth areas and responds to surging demand from hyperscalers.

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Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs to reallocate resources towards AI despite record quarterly revenue

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Software Developers Say Heavy AI Use Is Making Them Forget How to Code

Software developers across major tech companies report that mandatory AI coding tools are causing skill deterioration and cognitive decline. As Google claims AI now writes 75% of its code and Anthropic reaches 90%, programmers describe feeling their abilities atrophy while struggling to debug massive volumes of AI-generated code. Many are attempting to return to manual coding despite workplace pressure.

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Software Developers Say Heavy AI Use Is Making Them Forget How to Code

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Walmart cuts 1,000 corporate jobs as AI push reshapes retail giant's technology operations

Walmart is eliminating or relocating roughly 1,000 corporate positions as part of a major restructuring of its technology and product teams. The move comes as the retail giant consolidates operations around AI acceleration and automation, with affected employees being asked to relocate to Bentonville, Arkansas, or Northern California. The changes highlight how even America's largest private employer is reshaping its workforce for an AI-driven digital economy.

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Walmart cuts 1,000 corporate jobs as AI push reshapes retail giant's technology operations

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FDA Chief Dr. Marty Makary Resigns After Turbulent Year of Political Clashes and Industry Backlash

Dr. Marty Makary is stepping down as FDA commissioner after just over a year marked by internal turmoil and external criticism. His tenure saw mass layoffs, conflicts over vaccine policies, and pressure from pharmaceutical executives, vaping lobbyists, and anti-abortion groups. The resignation highlights tensions between political priorities and scientific integrity at the agency.

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FDA Chief Dr. Marty Makary Resigns After Turbulent Year of Political Clashes and Industry Backlash

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GM lays off 600 IT workers in deliberate AI skills swap as automaker rebuilds tech workforce

General Motors cut more than 10% of its IT department—about 600 employees—not to reduce costs, but to execute a skills swap. The automaker is clearing out workers whose expertise no longer fits and hiring AI-native developers, data engineers, and prompt specialists. The move signals what enterprise AI adoption looks like in practice: rebuilding the workforce from the ground up rather than adding AI tools on top of existing teams.

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GM lays off 600 IT workers in deliberate AI skills swap as automaker rebuilds tech workforce

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GitLab announces layoffs and restructuring to accelerate AI agents strategy in agentic era

GitLab is cutting an unspecified number of jobs as it restructures around AI agents and automation. CEO Bill Staples insists the move differs from typical tech layoffs, with most savings reinvested into the business rather than returned to shareholders. The company plans to flatten its eight-layer management structure, reduce its country footprint by 30%, and reorganize R&D teams into smaller autonomous units.

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GitLab announces layoffs and restructuring to accelerate AI agents strategy in agentic era

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Byron Allen Takes Over BuzzFeed as CEO After $120M Acquisition of Struggling Media Pioneer

Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has purchased a 52% controlling stake in BuzzFeed for $120 million, replacing founder Jonah Peretti as CEO. The deal represents a steep decline for the digital media company once valued at $1.7 billion. Allen plans to expand into free-streaming video and use AI to compete with YouTube, while significant cost cuts loom ahead.

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Byron Allen Takes Over BuzzFeed as CEO After $120M Acquisition of Struggling Media Pioneer

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AI May Disrupt Women-Dominated Jobs More Severely, With 29% Facing High Exposure Risk

Research from the International Labour Organization reveals women workers are disproportionately vulnerable to AI-driven job disruption. The study found 29% of female-dominated occupations face exposure to generative AI compared to just 16% of male-dominated roles, with administrative and clerical positions at highest risk.

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AI May Disrupt Women-Dominated Jobs More Severely, With 29% Facing High Exposure Risk

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Meta's Employee Surveillance Program for AI Development Triggers Internal Revolt and Unionization Push

Meta began installing mandatory tracking software on US employee laptops to capture keystrokes, mouse movements, and screen activity for AI training. The move sparked widespread employee protest, with nearly 20,000 workers viewing internal complaints and flyers appearing across offices. As the company plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce, employees are organizing unionization efforts while questioning whether they're training their own replacements.

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Meta's Employee Surveillance Program for AI Development Triggers Internal Revolt and Unionization Push

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AI emerges as top reason for job cuts, accounting for 26% of April's layoffs

Artificial intelligence drove 21,490 job cuts in April, representing 26% of all layoffs as companies shift spending from labor to AI investments. US-based employers announced 83,387 total job cuts, up 38% from March, with the technology sector leading at 33,361 cuts. Worker anxiety grows as hiring plans drop 69% and only 28% of workers feel their jobs are secure.

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AI emerges as top reason for job cuts, accounting for 26% of April's layoffs

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Block Inc. beats Q1 earnings as artificial intelligence restructuring accelerates growth

Block Inc. shares surged over 8% after reporting a first-quarter earnings beat with 27% gross profit growth to $2.91 billion and raised its 2026 outlook. CEO Jack Dorsey's AI-native restructuring is paying off, with engineer productivity up 2.5x and Cash App consumer lending originations jumping 82% year-over-year as the company deploys AI tools across operations.

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Block Inc. beats Q1 earnings as artificial intelligence restructuring accelerates growth

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Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs as AI makes roles obsolete despite record $639.8M revenue growth

Cloudflare announced a 20% workforce reduction affecting 1,100 employees, attributing the cuts to massive productivity gains from AI rather than cost-cutting. The company reported its strongest quarter ever with $639.8 million in revenue, up 34% year-over-year, but its stock plummeted 18-24% as investors questioned the timing of eliminating support roles while internal AI usage jumped 600% in just three months.

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Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs as AI makes roles obsolete despite record $639.8M revenue growth

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AI Investment Backfires: Execs Admit They Value Human Workers Less Despite Poor Returns

New research reveals a troubling paradox in corporate AI adoption. While 82% of executives admit AI makes them value human workers less, AI-driven layoffs are failing to generate returns. Companies that replaced employees with AI see no better financial outcomes than those who kept their workforce intact, raising questions about the rush to automate.

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AI Investment Backfires: Execs Admit They Value Human Workers Less Despite Poor Returns

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