Altman sells startup optimism days after warning of ‘sobering’ AI
Altman sells startup optimism days after warning of ‘sobering’ AI

Sam Altman gave Axios two interviews four days apart. In the first he said the next generation of AI models would be “sobering for everybody”. In the second he said this is the best time in the world to start a company. Both were with the same reporter…

Dubai is training 14,000 companies to run AI agents, on a two-year clock
Dubai is training 14,000 companies to run AI agents, on a two-year clock

Dubai Chambers is putting more than 14,000 companies through training in agentic AI, the kind of software that carries out tasks on its own rather than answering questions. The body launched the courses on 1 September in front of 90 chairpersons of its…

Cognizant put $4.5tn on AI job exposure, then hired 1,500 graduates
Cognizant put $4.5tn on AI job exposure, then hired 1,500 graduates

Cognizant announced on Monday that it will hire 1,500 American college graduates this year and build a new job family for the AI era. The company’s own research says AI could take on $4.5tn worth of work Americans currently get paid to do. Both numbers…

Jaguar Land Rover cuts 4,000 jobs and resets break-even to 300,000 cars
Jaguar Land Rover cuts 4,000 jobs and resets break-even to 300,000 cars

The number that matters in Monday’s Jaguar Land Rover announcement is not 4,000. It is 300,000. That is the annual sales volume at which the company now intends to break even. Its brands have historically sold well over 400,000 vehicles a year. Just Au…

UBS now wants AI skills from its junior bankers, Financial Times reports
UBS now wants AI skills from its junior bankers, Financial Times reports

For two years the AI story in banking has been a headcount story. How many graduates a bank takes, and how many it quietly stops taking. UBS has changed the question. It is no longer asking how many juniors it needs. It is asking what a junior has to b…

When AI Saves Time At Work, Who Gets To Keep It?

AI is changing who captures productivity gains at work. As AI saves time and expands individual capability, freelancing may challenge the traditional employment bargain.

Kenya bet its graduates on gig work in 2022. ChatGPT launched that year
Kenya bet its graduates on gig work in 2022. ChatGPT launched that year

In 2022 Kenya adopted a ten-year national plan to move its graduates into online outsourcing work. OpenAI released ChatGPT the same year. Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur set out what happened next, reporting from Nairobi for the New York Times with Edwin…

Meta planned to cut some teams by 60% and replace the work with AI
Meta planned to cut some teams by 60% and replace the work with AI

Meta spent the first half of this year planning to replace much of the work its employees do with AI agents, then abandoned the most aggressive part of the plan when the technology did not deliver. Meta code-named the scheme Project OT, short for Organ…

Back To School In The Age Of AI: What Career Readiness Means Now

AI is changing education and career readiness, shifting students from knowing answers to using judgment, asking better questions and creating value.

The data center boom will fail its promise if safety and workforce development continue to lag behind
The data center boom will fail its promise if safety and workforce development continue to lag behind

The data center boom will be judged not only by how much infrastructure we build, but by whether the people building it return home safely. Major opportunities bring a rush for capital, market share, and industry leadership. Schedules tighten, hiring a…