#Business
Curated coverage on «Business»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.
2026 chronicle: which tech companies officially cited AI as the reason for layoffs
TechCrunch maintains an updated list of major tech companies that in 2026 are officially citing AI as a factor in mass layoffs.
Australian government: women and university graduates at highest risk of replacement by AI
Australia's first national report on AI's impact on employment: telemarketers, advertising professionals and accountants are in the highest-risk group…
Sam Altman proposes giving every American family a $300 stake in OpenAI
Altman has revived talks on a scheme under which every family in the US would receive roughly $300 worth of OpenAI shares — while the Treasury warned of systemic AI…
Huawei enters South Korea with AI equipment Ascend and Atlas—shipments in Q4 2026
TikTok Considers Cutting 300 Employees at Dublin European Hub
A Reinforcement Learning tutorial without the math: just code for programmers
Meta and TikTok cut staff in Ireland: first real casualties of AI efficiency
Meta Unveiled Brain2Qwerty 2.0: Reads Brain Signals During Typing Without Surgery
Meta announced the second version of Brain2Qwerty — a non-invasive neural interface that decodes brain activity during text typing and transforms it into complete…
Uber Fires Two Top Executives From Data Labeling Division for AI
Uber fired two technical heads of its AI data labeling division—a business line the company positioned as a key growth driver.
Modal releases a GPU calculator: serverless wins when peak demand exceeds the reservation discount
Microsoft: over 20 million paying Copilot users — and they actually use it
Nadella: Microsoft will offer OpenAI technologies to Azure customers without additional costs
SoftBank Revives $10 Billion Loan Deal Against OpenAI Stock with Personal Corporate Guarantee
Google and Idris Elba Finance Access to AI Tools for African Authors
Alphabet (Google) and British actor Idris Elba announced funding for access to AI tools for African content creators.
Cloudflare set a deadline for AI crawlers: from September 2026 — pay publishers or face blocking
Cloudflare announced that from September 2026 it will block AI crawlers on ad-supported pages if publishers don't give explicit consent — the company controls a…