The Great AI Boomerang: Google, Meta, Klarna & More Are Quietly Rehiring the Workers They Fired

https://emeraldbook.org/news/may-3126-2/

29% of firms have already rehired for AI-cut roles, while 55% of executives regret replacing workers with AI.

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The first warning arrived on a Tuesday morning, six weeks after consultants advised moving away from dependency on six hundred small excel scripts - and nobody at Zenith Ledger Advisory paid much attention.

It appeared in the system dashboard between routine audit notifications and a maintenance reminder

If you're ever wondering about the future perception and impacts of technology and how they relate to public perception now, think about the fact that in 1994, in an "Invention of the Year" competition, the public voted The Internet in at position #2.

What was #1?

The widget in a can of Guinness.

🫶 Welcome back #Iran! Metrics show a further rise in connectivity as mobile networks and other segments are reconnected to the global internet:

• Filternet remains in place but can be worked around
• WhatsApp now restricted, requiring circumvention
• Some users still offline