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Cisco told nearly 4,000 workers their jobs are gone, then the stock jumped 17 percent. The same day, research showed three-quarters of the AI bots meant to replace them get pulled back.
Cisco cut nearly 4,000 jobs and the stock popped 17 percent on AI orders. Sinch said 74 percent of AI customer service rollouts get rolled back. Palo Alto warned AI cyberattacks are the new norm in three to five months. Microsoft is shopping startups for life after OpenAI. Google asked SpaceX to launch data centers into space.
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Subscribe on Substack ›1. Cisco told nearly 4,000 workers Wednesday their jobs are gone. The stock celebrated by jumping 17 percent.
If you work at Cisco, or you work at the kind of mid-career networking or operations job Cisco has been a buyer of talent for, the layoff letter that lands Thursday is not a freak event.
2. The AI bots that were supposed to replace those workers get rolled back at 74 percent of companies.
If you hated being routed to an AI bot when you called your bank, your airline, or your cell carrier, you are not imagining it - the bots are getting pulled.
theregister.com - AI customer service bots get rolled back at 74% of firms
3. Palo Alto Networks said AI-driven cyberattacks become the new normal in three to five months.
If you have a laptop, a phone, a router at home, or a smart device, the time between a vulnerability being found and someone actually using it on a stranger is collapsing.
cnbc.com - AI-driven cyberattacks will start to be the 'new norm' in months
4. Your Microsoft Copilot may soon be powered by someone other than OpenAI.
If you use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, or Copilot at work, the AI inside those tools is going to change underneath you - probably by the end of the year, possibly without an announcement big enough to put on your calendar.
finance.yahoo.com - Reuters: Exclusive-Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI
5. Google asked SpaceX to launch its data centers into orbit.
If you live near a proposed data center, near the grid lines that would feed it, or in a town where the developer just sued the council, the buildout is loud and physical in your life.
techcrunch.com - Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit