Kenya bet its graduates on gig work in 2022. ChatGPT launched that year
Kenya bet its graduates on gig work in 2022. ChatGPT launched that year

In 2022 Kenya adopted a ten-year national plan to move its graduates into online outsourcing work. OpenAI released ChatGPT the same year. Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur set out what happened next, reporting from Nairobi for the New York Times with Edwin…

Meta planned to cut some teams by 60% and replace the work with AI
Meta planned to cut some teams by 60% and replace the work with AI

Meta spent the first half of this year planning to replace much of the work its employees do with AI agents, then abandoned the most aggressive part of the plan when the technology did not deliver. Meta code-named the scheme Project OT, short for Organ…

Back To School In The Age Of AI: What Career Readiness Means Now

AI is changing education and career readiness, shifting students from knowing answers to using judgment, asking better questions and creating value.

The data center boom will fail its promise if safety and workforce development continue to lag behind
The data center boom will fail its promise if safety and workforce development continue to lag behind

The data center boom will be judged not only by how much infrastructure we build, but by whether the people building it return home safely. Major opportunities bring a rush for capital, market share, and industry leadership. Schedules tighten, hiring a…

Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk, the human workforce it sold as AI
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk, the human workforce it sold as AI

Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on 30 September. The marketplace is 21 years old, and it paid people a few cents at a time to do work that computers could not. Jeff Bezos once called it “artificial artificial intelligence”. A banner across the MTurk …

OpenAI confirms its data centre chief left as it pivots to leasing
OpenAI confirms its data centre chief left as it pivots to leasing

OpenAI has confirmed that the executive running its data centre buildout has left, and it has already broken up the job he was doing. Chris Malone, its head of data centers, is no longer with the company, an OpenAI spokesperson told Dina Bass at Bloomb…

Meta hired Luke Metz seven months after OpenAI hired him back
Meta hired Luke Metz seven months after OpenAI hired him back

Luke Metz has joined Meta Superintelligence Labs, seven months after rejoining OpenAI. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the hire to Axios. Ina Fried reported it on Monday. Metz starts this week and reports to Alexandr Wang, who runs Meta’s A…

OpenAI loses a second sales leader in a week to Salesforce
OpenAI loses a second sales leader in a week to Salesforce

OpenAI’s vice-president of sales in the Americas has resigned after five months in the job. Kaylin Voss is going back to Salesforce, according to The Information, which broke the story on Friday. She left a week after her former boss. Denise Dresser, O…

The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers
The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers

The New York Times has started showing readers text written by a machine. A new search page answers queries with excerpts, links to Times stories and AI-generated summaries of Times reporting. Max Tani, Semafor’s media editor, reported the test on Sund…

Trump wants a $103,265 fee on new H-1B visas
Trump wants a $103,265 fee on new H-1B visas

The US Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule on Monday. It would charge employers $103,265 for a new H-1B visa. Daniel Wiessner reported the filing for Reuters. A federal judge blocked a similar fee in June, calling it unlawful. H-1B visas le…