Reporting archive
Evidence on AI and work
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Cooley’s AI unit shows how law firms are competing for technical talent
Reuters reported that law firms are competing with tech companies for engineers and data scientists as they expand AI capabilities, and Cooley says its firm-owned Cooley AI unit is hiring for product, data, engineering, and service-design work.
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Meta’s Muse AI agent is already leaning on human contractors
Meta says Muse can handle tasks across apps, but Reuters reported that some of its phone calls were quietly handled by human contractors. Meta later said it had rolled back that feature for now after feedback and privacy concerns.
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Wipro says AI has created capacity equal to 20,000 workers, and those employees were redeployed
Wipro said its AI initiatives have lifted productivity by the equivalent of 20,000 employees, and Reuters reported those workers were redeployed within the company.
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Uber says it will cut about 10% of its team and push most remote workers into office hubs
Uber said it will reduce its team by about 10%, remove management layers, and ask most remote employees to move to office hubs while it says it wants more capacity for future growth, including autonomy.
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Synopsys Raises Restructuring Charges to $425 Million-$500 Million as Most Cuts Are Planned for Fiscal 2026
Synopsys updated its 2026-plan restructuring charges to $425 million to $500 million and said most workforce reduction is expected in fiscal 2026, while Reuters reported stronger forecasts tied to AI-driven chip-design demand.
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Meta explored deep team cuts around an “AI native” restructuring, then backed off
Reuters reported that Meta explored cutting some teams by as much as 60% in an “AI native” restructuring, then later backed off part of the plan after AI tools did not deliver the expected productivity gains.
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Challenger says AI stayed the top stated reason for July layoffs as hiring also rose
Challenger, Gray & Christmas said AI was the leading stated reason for July job cuts for a fifth straight month, even as employers also announced more hiring plans.
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Thomson Reuters said it would cut some engineering roles while Reuters reported a plan for more than 250 net-new hires
Reuters reported that Thomson Reuters said it was cutting a small number of engineering roles while planning to hire more than 250 net-new engineering roles over two years.
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Adecco says AI is reshaping jobs faster than it is eliminating them
Adecco Group says AI is changing tasks faster than it is eliminating jobs, while only a minority of firms have scaled it into core workflows. Reuters reported the company also pointed to disappearing entry-level jobs and a need for reskilling.
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Amazon cuts roles in its AGI group as it shifts AI priorities
Amazon said it is eliminating some roles inside parts of its artificial general intelligence organization while saying it remains committed to large AI models. The company did not disclose how many employees are affected.