October's Layoff Numbers Did Not Prove AI Did the Work
October's report counted 31,039 cuts attributed to AI. It recorded what employers said—not whether deployed systems actually replaced the work.
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Meta is Cutting 600 AI Roles to Speed Up Decisions
Meta cut roughly 600 AI jobs while still hiring for TBD Lab. I read the reorganization as a shift in priorities, not an AI spending retreat.
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AI can change how teams work. I want to understand the deployed workflow before treating a hiring decision as evidence of automation.
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