automation
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AI Writes 80% of Code. Now What Happens to the People Who Used to?
OpenAI's president put a number on something everyone in tech already knew but wasn't saying: the software engineering workforce is being automated faster than any other profession in history.
Amazon Fires 30,000. Then Announces 11,000 New Hires. The CEO Says AI Isn't Replacing Anyone.
The numbers don't add up on purpose: Amazon is running two contradictory stories simultaneously because each one serves a different audience.
The 48 Percent Question
Tech companies cut 78,557 jobs in Q1 2026 and blamed 48 percent of them on AI. That number is probably wrong in two different directions at once.
Sanders and the UAW Say AI Will Do to Factory Workers What NAFTA Did. They Are Probably Right.
Bernie Sanders and UAW President Shawn Fain held a Capitol Hill press conference warning that AI could wipe out 600,000 Midwest manufacturing jobs. Nobody in Congress is drafting a response.
OpenAI's Robin Hood Pitch
The company racing hardest to automate the global workforce has published a 13-page plan to compensate everyone it displaces. which is either the most responsible move in AI history or the most successful rebranding.