AI automation
600 Paramount Skydance Employees Resign Following CEO's Strict Return-to-Office Mandate
Nov 12, 2025 10:15 pm CST
Following the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger, approximately 600 employees have resigned rather than comply with new CEO David Ellison's five-day office attendance requirement, costing the company $185 million in severance amid a larger $1.7 billion restructuring plan that includes increased AI implementation and operational streamlining.
Perplexity CEO Condemns Using Comet AI to Complete Ethics Course: Raising Questions About AI in Education
Oct 09, 2025 04:42 pm CST
Perplexity's CEO Aravind Srinivas publicly denounced a web developer who used the company's Comet AI browser to automatically complete a Coursera course on AI ethics. The incident has sparked widespread debate about artificial intelligence's role in education, academic integrity, and the ethical boundaries of AI tools. While Comet offers impressive capabilities from web summarization to automated trading, this controversy highlights the growing tension between technological advancement and ethical responsibility in the AI era.
Sam Altman Warns: AI Could Replace 40% of Jobs by 2030 as GPT-5 Already Surpasses Human Intelligence
Sep 29, 2025 03:53 pm CST
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicts artificial intelligence could replace up to 40% of jobs by 2030, with GPT-5 already exceeding human intelligence in certain domains. Speaking in Berlin, Altman warned of accelerated workforce transformation while highlighting both the revolutionary potential of AI to solve complex problems and its significant risks for employment, particularly in programming and customer service sectors.