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Article digest · Oct 16 PM

AI Layoffs & Jobs — what each story says

Every story in this issue with a short summary, so you can decide what to read before leaving the site. Summaries are written by AI (Claude) only from each publisher's own description and checked by Jev for anything not in that description. They are not full translations. Follow "Read the original" for the full story.

6 stories5 with summaries4 topics

📉 Job cuts attributed to AI3

KTVU10/15 18:14 UTC

AI and layoffs: the future of tech jobs

Tech layoffs are raising a broader question about the future of work as companies invest more in artificial intelligence and restructure their teams. Ahmed Banafa, a professor of technology at San Jose State University, offers insight.

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The Straits Times10/15 09:37 UTC

Ubisoft slashes 70 jobs in Singapore; experts point to financial woes, not AI

Ubisoft is cutting 70 jobs in Singapore. Experts blame poor finances and studio restructuring, not AI, for the layoffs.

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Vietnam.vn10/16 06:32 UTCJapanese

Employees fear losing jobs to AI, but experts point to factors that make replacement difficult

Many people worry that AI will replace human roles. Experts highlight three important roles of humans in business that cannot be replaced.

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🧊 Hiring freezes1

Yahoo! News Japan10/15 22:30 UTCJapanese

"AI can write code, so we won't choose IT firms": job data shows science students turning away from IT

Advances in generative AI have led to talk that engineers are no longer needed. Job-seeking students are reportedly avoiding software companies, and some are turning to hardware firms such as semiconductor makers.

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📊 Jobs data and the labour market1

💹 Labour costs and earnings1

BigGo Finance10/15 19:08 UTCJapanese

Saama executives claim agentic AI can cut routine work by 40-50%: next phase of AI is "governed autonomy"

Saama executives Ali Srinivasan and Yatesh Mida argue that the next stage of AI in clinical trials is governed autonomy rather than better prediction.

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The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 16 PM issue. Japanese version here.