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Agents at Work
A new study of 21,599 U.S. firms finds that companies spending the most on AI hired more people, including at the entry level. But the gains stopped there.
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
A Stanford study found 26% of Black applicants faced discrimination from AI hiring systems. Two landmark lawsuits are testing whether vendors or employers are responsible. And the federal government has stepped back.
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
Microsoft launched Frontier Company, a $2.5B program embedding 6,000 AI engineers in customer enterprises. Four days later, it cut 4,800 of its own roles. The juxtaposition raises questions about who benefits from the agent transition.
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
Oracle cut 21,000 jobs (13% of workforce) and went $23.7 billion negative on free cash flow to fund a $55.7 billion AI infrastructure buildout. A bondholder lawsuit alleges the company concealed the scale of its planned borrowing.
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
Microsoft eliminated 4,800 roles while investing $190B in AI infrastructure. Analysts say workforce reductions fund AI capex. The 'not replacing people' framing examined.
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
Matthew Prince divided employees into builders, sellers, and measurers — then declared measurers obsolete. He did it while posting record revenue. The question: is this honesty, or a template?
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
More than half of leaders who cut staff for AI say they were wrong. Three anchor cases show what happens next.
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
Brian Armstrong is replacing managers with AI agents and 'player-coaches.' The workforce isn't buying it.
◆ Dana Ellison
Agents at Work
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