Cutting Local Journalists, McClatchy Embraces AI Content
McClatchy is cutting local reporters while expanding AI-generated content, raising concerns among staff about job losses and the quality of local journalism.
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The AI Shift: The long-predicted decline in call centre jobs has finally begunThe Financial Times reports that call centre employment, long expected to shrink because of AI, has begun to decline, an early measurable sign of automation displacing service jobs.
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Amazon job cuts hit hundreds as tech giant denies AI linkAmazon is cutting hundreds more jobs worldwide while denying the cuts are driven by AI, amid a wave of tech layoffs often attributed to automation.
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AI Becomes Top Reason For Job CutsNew job-cut data reportedly shows AI has become the leading stated reason for layoffs, a sign of how quickly automation is affecting who keeps their job.
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Yale clerical workers say automation is eroding their jobsA UNITE HERE Local 34 report says Yale's AI rollout is shrinking its clerical workforce through unfilled positions and 'passive automation' rather than layoffs, a quieter form of job loss.
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American Express to Cut 5% of Global Workforce, or About 3,850 Jobs, Ahead of AI ShiftAmerican Express plans to cut about 5% of its global workforce, roughly 3,850 jobs, as it prepares for AI, adding to a wave of AI-linked white-collar cuts in finance.
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Kroger to layoff 3,000 corporate employees over 3 years as it leans into artificial intelligence – WTOP NewsKroger plans to cut 3,000 corporate jobs over three years while expanding its use of AI, extending AI-linked white-collar cuts beyond tech into retail.
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Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers as it pours money into AIMicrosoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its staff, as it shifts investment toward AI, a large-scale sign of AI-driven workforce restructuring.