AI integration causes job losses at tech companies

2025-10-31 18:09:16

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Amazon is eliminating about 14,000 jobs in companies
– A Republican in the Senate calls on Google to shut down its artificial intelligence model due to false rape allegations
A leading artificial intelligence company bans children from using chatbots after a lawsuit blames the app for the death of a child

Corporate discounts: Amazon plans to 14,000 turns cut of the company’s workforce as part of an internal restructuring, according to a letter shared with employees on Tuesday.

FILE PHOTO: Workers move products during Cyber Monday at an Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, November 27, 2023. (Reuters/Mike Segar/Archive Photo)

Detect lies: One Republican in the Senate accused Google and its partners Artificial intelligence for targeting Conservatives with false claims and fake news stories, including allegations of sexual assault that never happened.

Chatbot campaign: Popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot platform Character.ai, which is widely used for role-playing and creative storytelling with virtual characters, announced on Wednesday that Users under 18 He will no longer be able to participate in open conversations with his virtual companions starting November 24.

Evidence of artificial intelligence: There is growing concern among today’s workforce that they will do so quickly It has been replaced by Artificial Intelligence As technology, which has touched almost every corner of the economy, continues to advance. But experts say technology adoption will not be the same across all industries, meaning not all jobs will be affected in the same way, according to the World Economic Forum. To better describe the situation, the organization likened the AI to a college student who has access to all the old tests and study guides.

Real world methods: New safety assessment appears Kodiaq driveran autonomous system from Kodiak AI, received the highest safety score among more than 1,000 commercial fleets operated by human drivers. The assessment came from Nauto, Inc., which created the Visually Enhanced Risk Evaluation, or VERA score. This system uses artificial intelligence to measure fleet safety on a scale of 1 to 100.

A red self-driving Kodiak truck drives down a highway under a blue sky near an exit sign.

Kodiak’s self-driving trucks combine AI vision with real-time data to reduce risky behavior and improve on-road performance. (kodiak)

Digital risk: Grieving parents demand justice after artificial intelligence (AI) “Companion” chatbots. They allegedly groomed, manipulated and encouraged their children to commit suicide — sparking bipartisan outrage in Congress and a new bill that would make big tech companies responsible for the safety of minors on their platforms.

Expand your reach: Chip giant Nvidia on Tuesday announced new partnerships with technology and communications companies in efforts to develop and operate artificial intelligence infrastructure. Artificial intelligence capabilities.

Race to win: PayPal on Tuesday became the first payments platform to include it Digital wallet In OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Shares of the San Jose, California-based company rose in morning trading Tuesday after the company announced it would adopt the Proxy Commerce Protocol (ACP) to expand ChatGPT payments and commerce, allowing ChatGPT users the ability to instantly verify with PayPal.

Defamation suit: Conservative activist Robbie Starbuck is Sue Google After the tech giant’s AI tools linked him to false accusations of sexual assault, child rape and financial exploitation, among other things.

Digital deception: Artificial intelligence helps workers be creative Fake expense receiptsAccording to a recent report. A slew of AI-generated receipts have been offered to employers thanks to new image generation models from companies like Google and OpenAI, the Financial Times reported.

Technological change: Chegg Inc., a Santa Clara-based online learning platform, said Monday it would do so Cut about 45% of its workforce — roughly 388 employees — as it faces what it calls “the new realities of artificial intelligence and declining traffic from Google to content publishers.”

Your puppy is gone: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has launched its initial version of Grokipedia Monday, which is said to be an encyclopedia created by artificial intelligence to compete with Wikipedia. The billionaire Tesla founder, who has long criticized Wikipedia for what he calls “editorial bias,” has previously described Wikipedia as “a more honest and independent alternative.”

Lon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center on June 16, 2023 in Paris. (Chestnut/Getty Images)

Programming hope: Artificial intelligence enters Fight cancer And according to Fox News Chief Medical Analyst Dr. Mark Siegel, this could be a game-changer. On Monday’s episode of “Fox & Friends,” Siegel said that artificial intelligence is already changing the way doctors detect and treat cancer, and could lead to real cures within the next decade.

Eyes on you: Your phone is full of photos you’ve never posted, moments you meant to share but never got around to. This is exactly what Facebook wants to change. It is used now Meta artificial intelligence To discover hidden gems in your camera roll, refine them, and create simple collages you can share. You take photos, and Facebook helps you turn them into easy, shareable memories. No design skills required.

Digital dominance: The United States must win the global race to achieve this Artificial intelligence dominance Against China. Our success depends on thriving innovation and strong investment – integral to our national battle plan. But the third element of victory cannot be overlooked: The United States urgently needs better Internet infrastructure. If we do not expand our communications edge in the 21st century, we will lose the battle for global leadership in AI.

Security voucher: Police officers raided a 16-year-old high school student last week after using artificial intelligence (AI). Weapon detection system He mistakenly marked his bag of potato chips as a firearm, leaving administrators and students shocked. Student Taki Allen was waiting for his ride at Kenwood High School in Essex, Maryland, on Monday when he put an empty bag of potato chips in his pocket, according to WMAR-2 News. Moments later, police officers suddenly surrounded him, ordered him to the ground and handcuffed him, the local station reported.

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