Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gutted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), taking a team of over 10,000 down to just under 300, according to an internal email viewed by WIRED and several current USAID employees. The move leaves only 12 people in the agency’s Africa bureau and eight people in its Asia bureau, with …
Read More »Better together: AI, no-code, and the human workforce
In 2022, the AI boom took the world by storm, sparking up conversations about its impact on society and asking the burning question: Does it have the power to take our jobs? McKinsey conducted a study on the topic of AI and its potential consequences for the human workforce, concluding that 15% of the global workforce may have their job …
Read More »Generation Alpha Set To Redefine Australia’s Future Workforce
Australian social analysts predict that Generation Alpha — those born between 2010 and 2024 — will soon enter the workforce. While this may seem surprising, experts argue that these “new digital natives” have advanced intelligence, having mastered everyday technology even before starting their careers. The social analysts from McCrindle found that the Gen Alpha will be a more materially endowed …
Read More »California’s Lawmaker Partners with Proof of Workforce to Enhance Bitcoin Adoption Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
Key Notes California lawmakers have been exploring ways to adopt digital assets and Web3 protocols to supplement its struggling economy. Bitcoin price stands to significantly benefit once the United States adopt a strategic Bitcoin reserve. The United States is preparing to adopt Bitcoin BTC $103 626 24h volatility: 2.6% Market cap: $2.04 T Vol. 24h: $64.38 B as a strategic …
Read More »Meta to trim 5% of its workforce focusing on underperformers
Meta is making news again, but for the wrong reasons. The year is seemingly off to a rocky start, with major tech corporations announcing performance-based job cuts across their workforces. Last week, Microsoft announced performance-based job cuts across its departments, including the security division. The job cuts will reportedly impact less than 1% of Microsoft’s workforce. And now, Meta is …
Read More »Cultured meat start-up Vow axes 30 per cent of workforce
“Sadly, this means today we will be saying goodbye to a number of Vowzers.” Vow has nearly 100 staff, mostly based in Sydney, and had poached engineers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build towards Peppou’s lofty goal of creating one of the largest food companies in history. The chief executive told this masthead it was “an incredibly difficult decision” that …
Read More »Cultured meat start-up Vow axes 30 per cent of workforce
“Sadly, this means today we will be saying goodbye to a number of Vowzers.” Vow has nearly 100 staff, mostly based in Sydney, and had poached engineers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build towards Peppou’s lofty goal of creating one of the largest food companies in history. The chief executive told this masthead it was “an incredibly difficult decision” that …
Read More »Sam Altman’s big prediction for 2025: ‘AI Agents will join workforce and change output of…’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made a bold prediction about the future of artificial intelligence in the workforce going forward. In a blogpost, Altman said that first AI agents are set to ‘join the workforce’ in 2025 and they will materially change the output of companies. Sam Altman’s prediction for 2025: “We are now confident we know how to build …
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