👥 Meta plans to cut 8,000 jobs next month
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👥 Meta plans to cut 8,000 jobs next month
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🤔 OpenAI investors doubt Sam Altman can lead IPO
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👁️ World partners with Zoom and Tinder for human verification
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👥 Meta plans to cut 8,000 jobs next month
Meta is preparing to lay off approximately 8,000 employees next month, representing roughly 10% of its nearly 79,000 global workforce, according to three sources familiar with the plans.
The company is also planning additional layoffs in the second half of the year, though the exact timing and scale have not yet been finalized and may be adjusted based on developments in artificial intelligence.
Meta has reorganized teams within Reality Labs and moved several engineers into a new “Applied AI” organization focused on developing AI agents capable of writing code and performing complex tasks.
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🤔 OpenAI investors doubt Sam Altman can lead IPO
OpenAI investors are questioning whether Sam Altman should lead the company’s IPO, citing his growing focus on external ventures and his admission that he lacks enthusiasm for running a public company.
Altman recently urged the board to invest in Helion Energy, the nuclear fusion startup he partly owns, and pushed for support of rocket maker Stoke Space, even proposing an acquisition.
The leading candidate to succeed him as CEO is board chair Bret Taylor, a former Salesforce co-CEO who co-created Google Maps and is known for focusing fully on one role at a time.
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👁️ World partners with Zoom and Tinder for human verification
World, the verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, has announced partnerships with Zoom, Tinder, and DocuSign to integrate its “proof of human” technology into dating apps, video calls, and digital signatures.
Tinder will expand its World ID verification to global markets including the U.S. after a successful pilot in Japan, adding an emblem to profiles confirming users are real people.
The new Concert Kit feature lets artists reserve tickets for World ID-verified individuals through Ticketmaster and Eventbrite to block scalper bots, with 30 Seconds to Mars and Bruno Mars already signed on.
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📩 Failed startups sell old Slack chats to train AI
Failing startups are selling their internal Slack messages, emails, and other company data for up to hundreds of thousands of dollars to train AI models.
Shutdown service SimpleClosure launched Asset Hub this week, enabling failing startups to license workplace data, source code, and internal communications after removing personally identifiable information.
Privacy advocates warn that selling employee Slack messages raises serious concerns, as these communications contain identifiable information and were never intended for AI training data.
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🤖 Grandma’s New Best Friend: How Three Students Built Sam – The Voice AI That Actually Checks on Seniors
Three Columbia University students noticed their grandparents struggling with Siri and created Sam, a superior voice-first AI companion for seniors.
Sam performs daily check-ins, detects warning signs in natural conversations, tracks cognitive health through casual games, and alerts family if anything seems off. It supports 56 languages and limits calls and messages to approved contacts only, blocking scammers.
Columbia graduates Kai, Audrey, and Jenny built the first version from their grandmother’s house. The project has surpassed 1 million views, gained faculty backing from Stanford, Columbia, and Georgetown, and ships with no subscription.
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