Australian AI company Firmus was preparing a market debut that would have valued it alongside Woolworths, until the plan collapsed last Friday. A Guardian podcast looks at the founders' hubris; co-founder Oliver Curtis blamed the failure on Australia's distrust of entrepreneurs.
The Guardian's TechScape newsletter looks at how AI is being used to monitor employees. Its latest example comes from Co-op, a British consumer cooperative that runs thousands of businesses.
Jeff Bezos has shared his view of how AI will reshape work, suggesting it could make working almost unnecessary and open the way to a three-day week.
SiliconANGLE's podcast discusses rising doubts about AI after Nvidia, CoreWeave, Oracle and Nebius shares fell last week. The drop followed reports that OpenAI's annualised net revenue was about $50 billion, roughly $20 billion below earlier figures. IBM's push for an edge in AI infrastructure is also covered.
The New York Times, Agence France-Presse and The Economist have joined SPUR, a coalition pushing AI companies to stop using news content without permission. Founded in February, the group now counts more than 80 members in over 20 countries.
Managers make a constant stream of small approvals, from time-off requests to expense reports, and researchers link that load to a measurable decline in judgment called decision fatigue. The Next Web argues that AI in HR only relieves it when the tools actually make decisions.