The possibility that companies are spinning employees and investors and using AI as a shiny excuse for ugly layoffs has become widespread enough that it has a nickname: AI-washing.

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About 4,000 workers will lose their jobs as the payments company does more work with new artificial intelligence tools, its top executive said. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Block, ...

The data scientist says the company ‘shoved AI down everyone’s throats,’ yet she saw ‘very limited gains in productivity.’ When fintech company Block laid off 40% off its workforce last week, CEO Jack ...

The fintech company behind Stripe payment processing and other financial services laid off almost half its personnel. Was it really AI or an excuse? And does it matter?

this guy's name is Aaron Zamost. He was head of communications at Square as it was then known until 2020. And he says the question on mines everywhere is AI a terrifying new reality in which the work ...

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...

A routine RDP brute-force alert led to unusual credential hunting and a geo-distributed VPN-linked infrastructure. Huntress Labs explains how one compromised login unraveled a suspected ...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says his technology firm Block is laying off almost half its workforce because artificial intelligence (AI) "fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a ...

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Union fears thousands of drivers may accept buyouts UPS plans to extend buyout offers to 105,000 employees Judge to rule in 'short order' on injunction request BOSTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A lawyer for ...