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Have you been asked to use AI on everything? Mine has threaten my job if I don't use AI. I use it absolutely when necessary. My question is, does anyone on here actually help build build the guardrails or are we going to the next Hugging face incident with 90% of all consumers bank info? If you don't use AI, I heard expect to be RIFd by EOY.

Layoffs due to AI? We ain't seen nothing yet!

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4653029-coreweave-collapses-after-gartner-predicts-80-percent-of-neoclouds-will-evaporate-by-2030

Sounds exactly like Oracle, doesn't it?

CoreWeave carries more than $50 billion in debt outstanding as of the end of June, after raising more than $30 billion in the debt markets this year alone. That is leverage piled on leverage, built on the assumption that AI demand is infinite and compute gluts are impossible.

• The bond market is now saying otherwise.* Wells Fargo's Luis Alvarado put it plainly: "The era of easy money, which we experienced in the first nine months of the year, is starting to disappear and dissipate."

https://dissenter.com/opinion/coreweaves-distressed-bonds-signal-the-ai-bubble-is-popping

All workers are trapped in a cycle of 10-hr workdays and lost wekends today. Job security now demands constant exhaustion because the competition is relentless. Workers are pushed to the brink just to afford basic survival - housing, food, and bills. This isn't the job market of a generation ago; today, we aren't just competing with a global labor pool, we are competing with AI that operates in minutes. The human cost of this is brutal... Waking up exhausted after hrs of sleep has become the new normal because devices have taken over our lives. We built this hi tech cage ourselves, and with AI poised to take over countless more human jobs the future looks incredibly grim. Oh, well.

Not sure about cuts in Jan... If true prety much all roles are vulnerable especially anything that can be automated or replaced by AI. The rumors also points to heavier outsourcing to multiple global hubs and a potential freeze on US hiring. OK, I can believe that...
It may be just grapevine talk, so I'm taking it with a grain of salt. But what really made me pause was how it came up. The context wasn't even supposed to be about job cuts; it was a conversation about someone interviewing for a VP role in NYC. They got a verbal salary offer and a projected start date, and then completely hit a brick wall just total radio silence while management suddenly decided to interview more candidates.
Someone else chimed in to say that the NYC offices have already been absolutely gutted by the workforce reductions earlier this year.
It makes me wonder if these two things are connected. Is leadership seriously still putting people through the ringer for US roles while drawing up blueprints for January cuts? Or are hiring managers just stuck in limbo, waiting on headcount approvals that are never going to come???????????????
Is anyone on the inside hearing anything concrete about January, particularly within Technology - Cards - Ops ? And are managers actually openly throwing around "AI" as a justification to slash headcount?

Two of the industry's most over-leveraged hyperscalers, CRWV and ORCL.

Everything you need to calculate Larry's near term interest payments is here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/coreweave-stock-bond-yields-ai-debt.html

Just curious about what everyone used development day for today? Did you use AI to make a new resumé? Maybe work on skills more marketable at other places? Practice Leet Code? Maybe doom scroll all the new green circles on LinkedIn?

RV has executed an aggressive labor overhaul, gambling that a mix of heavy offshoring, headcount reduction, and rapid AI automation can replace deep institutional knowledge without destabilizing operations. This approach has successfully optimized the short-term bottom line, but signs of friction raise the question: is this corporate strategy starting to fracture? Although this aggressive cost-restructuring has yielded spectacular short-term financial performance, industry observers are increasingly asking if this high-stakes gamble is sustainable.

"Here are 35 AI energy companies that are actively hiring right now, ranked by percentage headcount growth in the past 90 days.
Joulent - custom power for large loads (Houston)
Dexter Energy - power market forecasting and trading (Amsterdam)
Modo Energy - AI intelligence for battery, solar, and wind (London)
ThinkLabs AI - AI digital twins for grid operators (New York)
Fuse Energy - tech-led energy supplier (London)
Emerald AI - data centers that flex power use for the grid (US)
tem - AI-native energy trading (London)
Zanskar - AI-driven geothermal exploration (Salt Lake City)
Halcyon - AI search for energy market info (San Francisco)
Gigaton - self-learning AI for heavy industry (London)
Applied Computing - foundation AI for energy operations (London)
WeaveGrid - grid orchestration for utilities and EVs (San Francisco)
EARTH AI - AI critical metals exploration (San Francisco)
Arcadia - energy data platform for utility bills (Washington, DC)
VoltaGrid - hybrid power for AI data centers (Houston)
KoBold Metals - AI discovery of battery metals (Berkeley)
1KOMMA5° - home clean energy with an AI manager (Hamburg)
Terabase Energy - solar plant construction automation (Berkeley)
Morgan Solar - AI monitoring for solar fleets (Toronto)
GRIDSIGHT - AI digital twins for distribution grids (Sydney)
NZero - automated utility data analytics (Reno)
NobleAI - science-based AI for energy R&D (San Francisco)
The Nuclear Company - software-led nuclear build-out (Lexington)
Jua - weather and energy forecasting model (Zurich)
Immensa - AI parts inventory for energy (Dammam)
Detect Technologies - industrial AI for oil, gas, and industry (Chennai)
Smart Wires Inc. - power flow control for grids (Durham)
Planted - autonomous solar deployment (Oakland)
SolarX - solar energy monitoring (Port Louis)
enspired - AI trading for battery storage (Vienna)
Lunar Energy - home solar, battery, and virtual power plants (Mountain View)
GeologicAI - AI core scanning for mining (Calgary)
Infinium - captured carbon into e-fuels (Sacramento)
Novi Labs - AI forecasting for oil and gas (Austin)
Vortexa - real-time global energy flow intelligence (London)"

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https://l.smartnews.com/p-8GnM2kJG/G0V0yL

AI researchers smoke because they think cancer will be cured: Palantir CTO

(NewsNation) — Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says AI researchers are now smoking cigarettes to show their peers how much they believe in the technology.

"I believe so much in AI that it's going to cure cancer," Sankar said of the researchers' mindsets during a CBS News interview over the weekend. "So I'm showing you my chips are all in."

'AI robots are supposed to' cure lung cancer
"By the time you do get lung cancer, our AI robots are supposed to have cured that," the founder of AI wearable startup Friend, Avi Schiffmann, told Business Insider.

Or is it the good old greed only.

Can AI get to a point where it can generate a GDS when it's given the specs ?

Wasn’t this the same spyware plaguing BlueCross?

Amazon has announced another round of 121 layoffs affecting workers in Washington state. These reductions span corporate roles in Bellevue and Seattle, as well as fulfillment positions at a Sumner warehouse. This latest filing adds to a significant number of job cuts the company has made since late 2025. The news comes as Amazon plans to significantly increase its capital expenditures, with a substantial portion dedicated to artificial intelligence infrastructure. This juxtaposition of job reductions and massive AI investment raises questions about the company's strategy.

Seattle, Washington

https://startupfortune.com/amazon-lays-off-121-more-washington-workers-as-its-ai-spending-hits-220-billion/

Can they start with the Palo Alto office?

What is ExxonMobil’s long‑term view on the role of AI across its operations, organizational structure, workforce requirements, and overall headcount in the coming years?

https://fortune.com/tag/mpw-summit/

Now that AI is available

https://www.techrepublic.com/fr/article/news-washington-post-layoffs-ai-restructuring/

Or will they only result in layoffs?

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/oracle-orcl-faces-ai-balance-131348705.html

Intel and Broadcom CEOs warned that capital could be the biggest constraint on AI growth

https://qz.com/intel-broadcom-ceos-capital-constraint-ai-growth-101226

There was a rumor last week about several hundreds of managements are on the list of next round of layoff, across the levels of AD to AVP. Maybe the non-human intelligence figured out what the company needs to do.

Verizon stock (NYSE: VZ) closed down 8.75% at $41.65 on Friday, October 9, 2026, marking its worst single-day drop since July 2002.

Key Reasons for the Drop

• SpaceX Spectrum Deal: The sell-off was triggered by news that SpaceX agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of low-band 800 MHz spectrum from Grain Management, combined with FCC authorization for thousands of direct-to-phone Starlink satellites.
• Direct-to-Cell Competition: Investors panicked that Starlink Mobile could combine satellite and terrestrial coverage to rival traditional carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
• Analyst Downgrades: Scotiabank lowered its price target on Verizon from $51.50 to $50.00 following the announcement.
• Ex-Dividend Factor: Friday also marked Verizon's ex-dividend date for its upcoming $0.71 per share quarterly payout, which accounts for a small portion of the mechanical stock price adjustment.

Rumors about significant AT&T workforce reductions over the next couple of years have circulated online, including claims that the company is aiming to get down near 85,000 employees. The picture from public reporting is more nuanced than a single leaked target, but the direction is clear: continued headcount pressure driven by automation, AI, network modernization, and cost-cutting, with disruption concentrated in major hubs like the Dallas area and Atlanta.

As of June 2026, AT&T reported roughly 130,870–131,000 employees, down about 2,160 from the end of 2025 and following roughly 8,000 net reductions in 2025. The company has been shrinking for years (from peaks well above 250,000 earlier in the decade, including post-Time Warner effects). CTO Jeremy Legg told WIRED in September 2026 that the company will not have the same headcount in five years as it does today, citing efficiency comparisons with peers and the shift toward software, AI, and a modernized network. AT&T is targeting about $4 billion in annual cost savings by the end of 2028, with automation and AI as major levers. It is retiring legacy copper services in a large share of wire centers, moving network functions into software (including a DriveNets cloud rollout starting in 2027 that enables more remote changes), and applying AI to customer service, planning, coding, and operations.

The specific 85,000-by-2030 figure came from a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly and was framed as a possible target or extrapolation of recent pace. AT&T has disputed that exact number and called it inaccurate; it has not publicly confirmed any such goal. What is on the record is the expectation of a meaningfully smaller workforce alongside continued operations at scale.

Dallas-area impact is front and center. AT&T is relocating its global headquarters from downtown Dallas (Whitacre Tower and related buildings) to a new 54-acre campus in Plano, with partial occupancy targeted for the second half of 2028. The move consolidates North Texas administrative space (including major locations in central Dallas, Plano, and Irving). The company has had on the order of 10,000 employees across the broader North Texas area in recent counts. Consolidations and campus transitions create real friction—past similar efforts have led to attrition when people declined to relocate or adapt to new setups. Even with a new campus intended for collaboration and a five-day in-office culture, the broader headcount trajectory means roles are not automatically protected just because the HQ is nearby.

Atlanta faces parallel pressure. It has long been a major AT&T hub and remains one of the designated locations for consolidations (including help-desk and technology services roles). Managers in some groups have been directed to relocate to a short list of hubs that includes Atlanta (along with places like Richardson, Texas, Mesa, Miami, Orlando, and Tulsa) or accept severance. Historical patterns show both concentration into Atlanta hubs and earlier shifts of certain managerial or entertainment-related roles out of the city. Workspace investments have been mentioned alongside other key sites, but that does not insulate against company-wide efficiency drives.

Location in a “hub” city is not a shield. The reductions are structural—tied to AI and automation replacing or reducing certain network, support, planning, and administrative tasks; copper decommissioning lowering related personnel needs; and overall cost targets—rather than purely local site closures. WARN notices and smaller cuts have continued in various states (including New Jersey concentrations in some recent filings), and relocation mandates have already produced exits. Employees in Dallas or Atlanta may see more immediate organizational noise from consolidations and the HQ move, but the same efficiency and technology forces apply elsewhere.
None of this is a guaranteed mass layoff schedule or confirmed 85,000 target—AT&T continues to hire in areas aligned with fiber, wireless, and new capabilities, and exact future headcount remains unstated publicly beyond the direction of a smaller workforce. Still, the combination of the CTO’s five-year outlook, recent net declines, the 2028 savings goal, and active real-estate consolidations in key cities means the next couple of years look like a period of ongoing adjustment and risk for many roles. Being in Dallas or Atlanta puts you closer to some of the visible changes, but it does not put you outside the broader trend.

Omg. This is shattering. The WHOLE company is going to see MAJOR LAYOFFS in the near future due to this company split and AI implementation. Apparently it's affecting every part of the company on a massive scale never before seen. AI and outsourcing is going to eliminate thousands of jobs. This was a HUGE RUG PULL!! It's going to get bad for everyone real fast. Sectors iv confirmed affected are Comcast Advertsing, Xfinity, Comcast Business and Leadership roles. They are cutting 80% of managerial roles within the next year or so. No more middle men.

Anyone in tech concerned for end of year?

What are the prediction markets saying about the order coming down that AI is now SuperIntelligenceTM at Fannie? You know it's coming...

Yes AI is producing huge amounts of output that none of us could produce in the same timeframe, but, and it's a huge but, most if not all of it still has to be reviewed by us, explained by us, and agreed upon by us. So yes, AI is doing some tasks, but it's creating new ones as well.

H-1Bs are a vehicle to offshore projects. They train overseas teams until the whole thing gets handed off. Offshoring should only be for routine tasks, not core intelligence. especially with AI making data leakage overseas a massive risk.

Is Cisco going to layoff people in 11/2026 or 02/2027? Which one is more likely?

Margin pressure and AI cost will be the primary factors.

After all the AI talk at the CB town hall, I'm curious if anyone has actually seen this stuff deliver meaningful productivity gains. I have not. On the contrary, I am seeing $$$ wasted and fools going around preaching about brigher future which will never come - snake oil. Sure, AI can automate repetitive tasks. But somebody still has to validate the output, fix mistakes, deal with exceptions and answer when something breaks in production. Are we actually changing how work gets done, or just expecting fewer FTEs to deliver the same results with some AI tools thrown in? Anyone in CB... TPX or whatever other group seeing real improvements, or is this mostly PowerPoint transformation at this point (we are really good in this tho)?

Looks like OpenAI won't be able to meet its financial obligations to Oracle.

https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-financial-bubble-openai-billions-failure

I wonder how long it will take for Verizon insiders to leak Dan’s silver bullet plan to stop the stock price from bleeding and convince Wall Street in the turn around plan. My guess is that Dan will have no choice but to leak to the press well before earnings Verizons plan to hard launch their ai customer service call taking bot and plans to lay off 15% of workforce which would total to 30% he keeps floating around. That’s my guess

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling for comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence at all levels. He expressed concern over AI's integration into everyday tools like search engines. Mamdani highlighted that even AI creators acknowledge significant existential risks. He believes the focus should be on domestic impacts, not just international competition. The mayor pointed to job market disruptions as an immediate consequence.

New York, New York

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/mayor-zohran-mamdani-wants-ai-to-be-regulated-at-every-single-level-does-not-agree-with-it-being-in-an-arms-race-with-china-points-to-layoffs-and-more/amp_articleshow/134743098.cms

It’s shameful that layoffs are funding AI and surely will continue before ELT jumps the sinking ship...What groups / roles are suspected to be up next?

In the same breath, Verizon requires employees to get manager approval just to use AI tools.

The irony? Managers and executives already have access without approval—while the people actually doing the work and delivering results have to jump through hoops.

If the goal is to empower employees and reduce bureaucracy, this is exactly the opposite.

Bureaucracy with an AI label.

HSBC plans to significantly reduce its financial advisor workforce by approximately 70%. This move is driven by the bank's strategic shift towards automation through artificial intelligence. The cuts will also impact managers and specialists within the wealth management division. These changes are part of a broader restructuring aimed at increasing assets under management. The first layoffs are anticipated by the end of October.

London, United Kingdom

https://forklog.com/en/ft-hsbc-to-cut-70-of-advisors-in-favor-of-ai/