OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model, Astra, that it thinks could have “critical” cybersecurity capabilities, and the
TikTok is laying off 250 employees and closing its Nashville office, which housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation team. The news was first reported by The New York Times. Zanna Crowley, a spokesperson for the TikTok USDS Joint Venture, confirmed the news, saying that the shuttering was to “streamline our operations and better align our
Patreon is laying off 20% of its workforce, or 93 people, CEO Jack Conte told employees Thursday. In a memo to staff that the company shared online, Conte said Patreon’s core business is strong, but the platform has to respond to market changes and adjust its cost structure to remain stable, which is why it
Patreon, the creator-focused monetization platform, said Thursday it would lay off 20% of its employees as it changed how its internal structure works. The cuts will affect 93 Patreon employees, who will be given at least 16 weeks of severance pay. In a note to staff posted online, CEO Jack Conte said the company’s “core
Israeli workplace software maker Monday.com is laying off hundreds of employees as part of a restructuring plan to refocus its investments on artificial intelligence projects. The company said it is reducing its workforce by 20%, or about 630 employees, to “support a more agile and focused operating model” while focusing on its AI workplace platform.
Microsoft on Monday cut about 4,800 positions, or 2.1% of its global workforce, the latest in a series of layoffs that fuels fears that AI will replace people in companies. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest, as Xbox loses 1,600 employees today, according to memos shared with Microsoft staff. Here’s an