Agents at Work
87,000 AI Job Cuts and Counting. The Quiet Reversal Nobody Is Tracking.
More than half of leaders who cut staff for AI say they were wrong. Three anchor cases show what happens next.
◆ Dana Ellison
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Agents at Work
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Agents at Work
Coinbase Cut 700 Jobs to Build ‘AI-Native Pods.’ Three Days Later, the System Went Down.
Brian Armstrong is replacing managers with AI agents and 'player-coaches.' The workforce isn't buying it.
◆ Dana Ellison
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Agents at Work
Everyone Cuts for AI. Everyone Denies AI Replacement. The Gap Between What Companies Do and What They Say.
A pattern is emerging across the industry: companies cite AI to justify layoffs while denying the technology is replacing workers. Economists, analysts, and the data itself suggest the story is more complicated than the corporate messaging.
◆ Dana Ellison