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AI is reshaping the workforce, often at the expense of employees, according to a CNBC report that compiled responses from management at companies like Amazon, PayPal and Microsoft. AI is being used to streamline operations, boost productivity, and reduce labor costs. AI tools are replacing roles in customer service, HR, finance, and software development, especially entry-level and repetitive jobs. PayPal’s AI assistant, for example, is cutting down on customer service calls and live interactions. Rising unemployment numbers in the tech sector have been voiced by young workers whose skills overlap with AI capabilities. Executives often frame layoffs as “restructuring” or…
Britannica, which is being represented by lawyers from Susman Godfrey, did not specify how much money it was seeking in damages.The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges Perplexity’s summaries use information generated from Britannica. Those summaries keep users from clicking on Britannica sites, denying the publisher the opportunity to sell subscriptions or generate advertising revenue from site visits, according to the complaint.“Perplexity’s so-called ‘answer engine’ eliminates users’ clicks on Plaintiffs’ and other web publishers’ websites—and, in turn, starves web publishers of revenue—by generating responses to users’ queries that substitute the…
A new benchmarking study of legal AI tools, which included August, Brackets, GC AI and SimpleDocs, has found that ‘several AI tools met or exceeded the baseline’ of expected performance for contract drafting as compared to human lawyers. The study ‘Benchmarking Humans & AI in Contract Drafting’ by Legalbenchmarking.ai used a comparison group of experienced lawyers. Results (see below) were evaluated by three main dimensions: usefulness, reliability, and the overall support provided by the AI platform, e.g. how well does the solution support the drafting of a contract. And here are the key findings: ‘AI tools matched and, in some…
Founder Thomas Siebel stepped down as CEO due to health issues. Stephen Ehikian, who has a great deal of experience with tech companies, takes over. C3.ai is coming off a disastrous quarter where sales nosedived and its bottom line went deeper into the red. 10 stocks we like better than C3.ai › C3.ai (NYSE: AI) recently announced a new CEO. This comes at a time when the stock is struggling badly. While the artificial intelligence (AI) company touts over 130 turnkey solutions that can appeal to businesses in many industries, investors haven’t been all that convinced of its growth prospects,…
AI Writing Tools for Academic Essays: Pros, Cons, and Best Practices Published 9:38 am Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Image source: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1526566762798-8fac9c07aa98?q=80&w=1608&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D Academic writing can feel overwhelming when assignments pile up and deadlines get tighter. Students are turning to AI writing tools to save time and improve their work, and it’s easy to see why. These platforms can draft outlines, correct grammar, and help structure essays with minimal effort. However, relying solely on AI risks accuracy issues, a lack of originality, and even academic integrity concerns. This article explores the pros and cons of using AI for essays and shares practical…
IBM CHRO Nickle LaMoureax doesn’t consider herself an AI optimist. Instead, she calls herself an AI realist. “AI is not magic. It’s amazing, impressive technology that can totally transform your business,” she told a packed room of attendees during her opening keynote at Tuesday’s HR Tech conference in Las Vegas. “But it takes hard work, behavior change, culture change, business process change and sometimes leadership change.” LaMoreaux, HR Executive’s 2024 HR Executive of the Year, experienced all of those realities as she led IBM’s AI in HR journey over the last decade—one that has been rife with both progress and…
China orders tech giants to stop buying Nvidia AI chips China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has banned all the tech companies, including the leading players ByteDance and Alibaba, from purchasing Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips.This significant move is a part of the country’s broader efforts to boost the domestic semiconductor industry, aiming to compete with the US.Several reports suggested that the CAC ordered companies to discontinue testing and orders of the RTX Pro 6000D, Nvidia’s chip designed particularly for China. Several firms had planned to buy tens of thousands of units and had already started verification work with suppliers. After all the directives,…
YouTube has introduced a set of new artificial intelligence features for video production to better compete with rivals like TikTok in the short-form content platform market.The new tools will initially be available in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. YouTube hinted at plans to expand its rollout to more markets soon.The new features were revealed at the Made On YouTube event on Tuesday (September 16), where the platform also revealed that it has paid out $100 billion to creators, artists, and media companies over the past four years.Google-owned YouTube also rolled out a Speech to Song tool that…
Courtesy: Getty Images via CBS News OpenAI announced Tuesday that it is directing teens to an age-appropriate version of its ChatGPT technology as it seeks to bolster safeguards amid a period of heightened scrutiny over the chatbot’s safety. Users of the chatbot identified as under the age of 18 will automatically be directed to a version of ChatGPT governed by “age-appropriate” content rules, OpenAI said in a statement. This under-age edition includes protection policies such as blocking sexual content and — “in rare cases of acute distress” — law enforcement to ensure a user’s safety, according to the company. “The way ChatGPT responds…
Pope Leo XIV has voiced sharp criticism of corporate pay structures, singling out Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other business leaders as examples of the widening gap between executives and ordinary workers. The pontiff warned that excessive wealth concentration could erode societal values and fuel global polarization. Pope Leo XIV’s comments seem to be guided by a misunderstanding of what Elon Musk’s pay package entails, and the net positive it would result to TSLA shareholders and the world as a whole. Pope Leo XIV’s comments In his first interview since becoming pope in May, Leo XIV, the first US-born head…