Block to lay off nearly half its staff in 'deliberate and bold' embrace of AI(marketwatch.com)
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Block to lay off nearly half its staff in 'deliberate and bold' embrace of AI
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/block-plans-to-lay-off-nearly-half-its-staff-in-deliberate-and-bold-embrace-of-ai-81e99247
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More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47172119
"we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly."
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"i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. "
I have no idea what these AI tools are that enable a company to lay off nearly half of its staff. That's not a dig at AI tools: I just have no reason or interest to go near them, so I really don't know what they are (beyond the headlines about vibe coding and agents with souls).