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Law Firm Sacks Hundreds of Employees Amid Pivot to AI

July 7, 2020 | Futurism AI
Law Firm Sacks Hundreds of Employees Amid Pivot to AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The Chicago based multinational law firm Baker McKenzie is laying off up to a thousand employees as part of its pivot to embracing AI, the legal hub RollOnFriday reports. In what might be an augury of how further AI related cuts could sweep other industries, it’s not the lawyers getting the axe, but instead hundreds of their support staff. These include “dozens of roles in London and Belf

Jack Dorsey Defends Wearing "Love" Hat While Firing 4,000 Employees in Pivot to AI

May 8, 2016 | Futurism AI
Jack Dorsey Defends Wearing "Love" Hat While Firing 4,000 Employees in Pivot to AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Images Twitter co-founder and Block (formerly Square) CEO Jack Dorsey ain’t your typical corporate suit. For one, he doesn’t always wear them. He brings up “world peace” when endorsing his favorite tech like crypto. Nobody really knows where he lives. He meditates frequently and sports a longish beard. He comes off as more New Age guru than CEO. So perhaps it was very on brand th

BuzzFeed Lays Off 33 Percent of Remaining Staff After Bizarre Pivot to AI

June 28, 2025 | Futurism AI
BuzzFeed Lays Off 33 Percent of Remaining Staff After Bizarre Pivot to AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock Things just keep getting worse for BuzzFeed. On Monday, the struggling media company announced the layoffs of 180 employees, or about a third of its entire workforce, in the latest sign of its decline since its unexpected pivot to AI. The cuts, according to the New York Times, affect employees at its news site HuffPost, BuzzFeed’s film and TV studio, and the recipe publisher Tasty. “We’ve

Mark Zuckerberg's Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly

November 6, 2016 | Futurism AI
Mark Zuckerberg's Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly
FotoField / Shutterstock / Futurism Despite having almost nothing to show from his enormous spending on AI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down. Earlier this week, the social media company announced during its second quarter earnings call that it was raising capital expenditures from $125 billion to at least $130 billion, a clear sign that it’s not taking its foot off the pedal. Yet amid renewed concerns that the tech industry may be nearing the edge