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Fast Company

Tech and finance layoffs: Oracle, Block, Morgan Stanley, Capital One headline brutal week for job losses

The past week has been a brutal one for many working in the tech and financial industries. Thousands of jobs have been lost—or will be lost soon—from companies including Block, Morgan Stanley, Capital ...
Futurism

Jack Dorsey Isn’t Telling the Real Story About Block’s AI Layoffs, Insider Says

Twitter founder and Block Inc (formerly Square) CEO Jack Dorsey announced late last month that his fintech venture was making “one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company” by “reducing ...
AOL

I talked to one of the laid-off Block employees. He gave me a sobering warning.

In late 2022, when ChatGPT was first blowing everyone's minds, Kenji didn't really get it. Sure, it did some pretty cool things. But so had plenty of other generative AI models he'd tinkered with over ...
The New York Times

I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.

Mr. Zamost was the head of communications, policy and people at Square, now known as Block, from 2015 to 2020. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...
American Banker

Is Block the first domino for AI-spurred layoffs?

It was the combination of "layoffs" and "artificial intelligence" that stoked broader concern for an AI-driven shock to the labor market, leaving many to wonder whether Jack Dorsey's payments company ...
Los Angeles Times

AI-washing: How companies like Block may use AI as a layoff excuse

When Block Inc. laid off nearly half its staff last week, co-founder Jack Dorsey offered a seemingly simple explanation: Artificial intelligence was allowing the company to do more with fewer ...
Morningstar

Block says AI will let it cut more than 4,000 jobs. Some argue that's not the whole story.

Block's 'audacious' move ignites debate over whether the company is using AI as an excuse to walk back reckless hiring Block is the parent company of Square and the Cash App. Block's stock is ...
KTLA

L.A. business owners slam city after entire block of stores flooded: ‘No one was doing anything’

A string of stores in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles were damaged by flooding during Monday’s torrential downpours, and business owners say this is a reoccurring issue that the city fails to fix ...
Napa Valley Register

One Block Challenge brings regenerative push to Napa Valley

Dustin Owen said he had driven past Celani Family Vineyards on Big Ranch Road in north Napa for years, unaware that the property held nearly 20 acres of vines and stretched all the way to the Napa ...
Forbes

The One Block Challenge–And A Personal Mission To Globalize Regenerative Organic Winemaking, Starting In Paso Robles, California

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover innovation across the food & beverage landscape. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Full Belly Files | Regenerative Farming: One Block Challenge Kicks Off in Santa Barbara County

Sign up to get Matt Kettmann’s Full Belly Files, which serves up multiple courses of food & drink coverage every Friday, going off-menu from our regularly published ...