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According to recent news reportsOpen in a new tab, artificial intelligence (AI) was the stated reason for more than 50,000 layoffs in 2025, but some experts suggest that organizations are disingenuously blaming AI for layoffs, or “AI washing.”
But according to John Bremen, the managing director and chief innovation and acceleration officer at consulting firm WTW, only a small percentage of early AI implementationsOpen in a new tab are showing meaningful return on investment (ROI). READ MORE
The war in Iran is pushing oil and gas prices higher, and while the world economy faces a shock from energy prices, an analysis by Goldman Sachs finds that the conflict is unlikely to lead to a broader supply chain crisis like what occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Economists at Goldman Sachs found that the Iran war is expected to lead to higher oil prices that will reduce global economic growth by 0.3% of GDP while increasing headline inflation by about 0.5 to 0.6 percentage points over the next year, with a smaller 0.1 to 0.2 percentage point boost to core inflation. READ MORE
This market will resolve to “Yes” if either of the following conditions is met: 1. The seasonally adjusted annualized percent change in quarterly U.S. real GDP from the previous quarter is less than 0.0 for two consecutive quarters between Q2 2025 and Q4 2026 (inclusive), as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). 2. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) publicly announces that a recession has occurred in the United States, at any point during 2025 or 2026, with the announcement made by the time the BEA releases the advance estimate for Q4 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". READ MORE
During the last decade, digital innovations have produced a range of recruitment and evaluation tools: now, whenever you first apply for a job, you are less likely to be judged by humans and more likely to be assessed by AI. Before you can even get the opportunity to impress a human interviewer, you will first need to impress the algorithm! READ MORE
Most leaders believe that being direct and honest with negative feedback helps employees improve. And it can—when done thoughtfully. Our research shows, however, that when feedback comes across as belittling or humiliating, it often backfires, impairing performance rather than enhancing it. READ MORE
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by employers to support employee performance management. While AI has the potential to improve talent matching and expand opportunities for growth, it raises significant legal and compliance considerations that employers must take into account before deploying. This Insight will provide an overview of the ways in which you can use AI for performance management, summarize the inherent risks, and provide a list of steps you can take to address that risk. READ MORE
Drone strikes damaged Amazon Web Services data centers in the Middle East, disrupting cloud operations and prompting the company to urge customers to move critical workloads out of the region.
AWS confirmed that two of its data center facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck, while a separate strike near a site in Bahrain also caused infrastructure damage. The attacks disrupted power systems and caused structural damage, impairing two of the three data center sites that make up AWS’s UAE cloud region. READ MORE
Companies in the private sector added 63,000 jobs in February, payroll processing firm ADP said Wednesday.
The figure is above economists’ estimates of a gain of 50,000 jobs. The prior month's payrolls number was revised lower to a gain of just 11,000 from an initially reported gain of 22,000. READ MORE
At JPMorgan Chase’s February investor meeting, CEO Jamie Dimon said something that most corporate leaders have carefully avoided: His company has already displaced workers because of AI.
“We already have huge redeployment plans for our own people; in fact, we spoke about it today, and we have to up that a little bit,” Dimon said during his Q&A session with analysts. “We can take people who are displaced—and we have displaced people from AI—and we offer them other jobs. They’re usually well-trained and highly talented, and very good at things.” READ MORE
In just the last year, CEOs at Walmart, Target and Disney have either announced their exits or begun actively planning handoffs, while Apple’s board is reportedly accelerating its own succession timeline.
It turns out, these are not isolated stories. They are the most visible examples of a pattern in which boards are replacing CEOs faster, often turning to first-timers homegrown inside the company, and putting unprecedented pressure on succession planning, leadership pipelines and the CHROs who steward them. READ MORE
A prevailing narrative at the moment is that AI is reshaping entry-level roles so rapidly that it is significantly altering annual hiring numbers for early-career talent. In short: the end of entry-level roles is nigh.
There’s no denying that AI is automating routine, repeatable tasks that have historically formed foundational skills for many early career roles (e.g., junior analysts, paralegals, basic coding roles, customer service representatives, etc.). But is the perception of radically reduced opportunity for early career talent, in fact, reality? READ MORE
Bosses have long warned staffers who are slacking in AI adoption that they will get overtaken by their tech-savvy coworkers—and now, having the skill can make or break a career.
Consulting giant Accenture just told its associate directors and senior managers that they need to consistently use its AI tools in order to be considered for high-level promotions, according to a recent Financial Times report. READ MORE
The second Trump administration has been marked by blowback to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs among American companies. It's a welcome change, according to XX-XY Athletics CEO Jennifer Sey, who calls such programs and hiring practices "excessive."
"Excessive focus on DEI, whether it's through hiring practices or public marketing, actually can have an adverse effect on [a] company's performance," Sey told Fox News Digital. READ MORE
A new report from the Wall Street Journal revealed that employees at Open AI, the artificial intelligence company known for creating ChatGPT, raised alarm about transgender Canadian mass shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar's interactions with its chatbot but did not alert authorities.
Around a dozen employees reportedly were aware of the concerning interactions months before Van Rootselaar killed multiple family members and school-aged kids in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The interactions, first flagged by an automated review system, included violent scenarios involving gun violence over the course of multiple days, people familiar with the matter indicated to the Wall Street Journal. READ MORE
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country. READ MORE
Mark Cuban says there are two types of people who use AI. Which one are you?
"There are generally 2 types of LLM users, those that use it to learn everything , and those that use it so they don't have to learn anything," Cuban said of large language models in an X post on Tuesday.
The "Shark Tank" billionaire has been bullish about AI and said that companies need to embrace it. READ MORE
Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr issued a stark warning on Tuesday regarding the potential trajectory of artificial intelligence, outlining a scenario where rapid technological advancement will create a “jobless boom” that leaves a significant portion of the population “essentially unemployable.” READ MORE
A new analysis from the JPMorgan Chase Institute reveals that while aggressive trade policies implemented in 2025 have successfully driven a significant wedge between midsize American businesses and Chinese suppliers, the decoupling has come with a staggering price tag for U.S. companies.
The report, titled “Tracking international payments: How are midsize firms reacting to tariffs?” paints a picture of a business sector that is bending but not breaking under historic pressure. According to JPMorgan banking data on financial outflows of firms with revenues between $10 million and $1 billion, the cost of importing goods has skyrocketed—and American companies are bearing the brunt. READ MORE
As debate continues over AI’s true impact on the labor force, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said some companies are engaging in “AI washing” when it comes to layoffs, or falsely attributing workforce reductions to the technology’s impact.
“I don’t know what the exact percentage is, but there’s some AI washing where people are blaming AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, and then there’s some real displacement by AI of different kinds of jobs,” Altman told CNBC-TV18 at the India AI Impact Summit on Thursday. READ MORE
Last week, SpaceX founder Elon Musk advised workers at the newly acquired company xAI that he wants to set up a factory on the moon to build artificial intelligence (AI) satellites. And he called for a colossal catapult on the lunar surface to fling them into space.
"My estimate is that, within two to three years, the lowest-cost way to generate AI compute will be in space," Elon Musk wrote in a Feb. 2 update that announced SpaceX's acquisition of xAI. READ MORE