ResearchBuzz: FirehoseGizmodo: Layoffs Reportedly Hit Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Startup. “Since launching in 2023, World has failed to reach its ambitious goal of scanning a billion people or about an eighth of the world’s population. As of April, the company says it had verified nearly 18 million people via its Orb device. That’s less than 2 percent of its goal. Now, it seems the company is […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/12/gizmodo-layoffs-reportedly-hit-sam-altmans-creepy-eyeball-scanning-startup/
CBC Ottawa68 jobs cut at INVISTA plant in Kingston as local officials express concerns for workers
Dozens of workers at the INVISTA plant in Kingston, Ont. have lost their jobs, according to the company.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/invista-kingston-plant-68-jobs-cut-9.7227150?cmp=rss
Dozens of workers at the INVISTA plant in Kingston, Ont. have lost their jobs, according to the company.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/invista-kingston-plant-68-jobs-cut-9.7227150?cmp=rss
Concerns raised about future of OCDSB's Indigenous student support co-ordinators
The union representing six Indigenous student support co-ordinators at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is raising concerns about potential plans to cut those jobs by half.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ocdsb-cuts-half-support-coordinators-9.7225888?cmp=rss
The union representing six Indigenous student support co-ordinators at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is raising concerns about potential plans to cut those jobs by half.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ocdsb-cuts-half-support-coordinators-9.7225888?cmp=rss
Boing Boing: Site tracks significant US layoffs. “The US Layoffs Tracker is updated daily with the latest disclosures under the WARN Act, which requires employers with 100 or more workers to give 60 days notice before major layoffs or site closures. Though only a portion of the countless people fired, made redundant, pushed into resignation or otherwise removed from their jobs, it shows where […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/01/boing-boing-site-tracks-significant-us-layoffs/
the spendFYI: Meta's 350 Irish job cuts: AI alibi or metaverse bill coming due? https://thespend.net/metas-350-irish-job-cuts-ai-alibi-or-metaverse-bill-coming-due/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Meta #JobCuts #AI #IrishWorkforce #Metaverse
CBC TorontoUp to 249 staff positions to be cut at York Region District School Board, union says
Up to 249 staff people are expected to lose their jobs at the York Region District School Board before classes begin in September, according to a union.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cupe-cuts-york-region-district-school-board-9.7216115?cmp=rss
Up to 249 staff people are expected to lose their jobs at the York Region District School Board before classes begin in September, according to a union.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cupe-cuts-york-region-district-school-board-9.7216115?cmp=rss
ICYMI: Meta's 350 Irish job cuts: AI alibi or metaverse bill coming due? https://thespend.net/metas-350-irish-job-cuts-ai-alibi-or-metaverse-bill-coming-due/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Meta #AI #JobCuts #Metaverse #Ireland
Meta's 350 Irish job cuts: AI alibi or metaverse bill coming due? https://thespend.net/metas-350-irish-job-cuts-ai-alibi-or-metaverse-bill-coming-due/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Meta #JobCuts #ArtificialIntelligence #Metaverse #TechNews
readuncutOnly 2% of executives attributed major staff reductions to actual AI deployment. 60% made cuts in anticipation of efficiencies that have not arrived. AI was the leading reason cited for U.S. job cuts in March and April 2026: 49,135 cuts through April alone.
https://readuncut.com/94-will-keep-spending-on-ai-even-when-it-fails/
#Layoffs #JobCuts #AIimpact #WorkersRights #LaborMarket #Employment #EconomicPolicy
94% will keep spending on AI even when it fails
Somewhere on the 40th floor of a building you would recognize, a room full of people who could not create an email account without calling someone from IT is making the largest capital allocation decisions in the history of American business. They are the board of directors, the people with
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻“We are using this to feed a very large amount of content into the #AIModel, so that way it can learn how smart people use computers to accomplish tasks. I think that this is going to be a very big advantage if we can do it,” #Zuckerberg purportedly said during an April 30 meeting in which an employee asked about the "top of mind" issue. 🤪🧠
… a company spokesperson confirmed in April that Meta would monitor employees to train AI. Meta's #TrackingTool is called #ModelCapabilityInitiative, according to reports.
The audio was posted the same day Meta announced 8,000 #JobCuts. It captured Zuckerberg's thoughts on the news, first reported by #Reuters, that Meta planned to install #software on employees' computers to #monitor activity for AI training. #MorePerfectUnion did not reply to an email from The Register seeking comment.
"So if we're trying to teach the models #coding, for example, then having #people internally build tools that or solve #tasks that help teach the model how to code, we think, is going to dramatically increase our models' coding ability #faster than what others in the industry have the capability to do, who don't have thousands and thousands of extremely #StrongEngineers 💪🤓 at their company,"
Marky Mark stuffing the Meta AI LLM with data.
#Oligarch / #Meta / #MarkZuckerburg / #ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar <https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/22/zuck-defends-monitoring-employees-to-win-ai-race-in-purported-leaked-audio/5245379>
