Calif. Rep. wants a 32-hour workweek
Second time’s a charm? There’s a new push to make a 4-day workweek the law of the land in the U.S., after a California lawmaker introduced the “Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act. It’s the second time such a bill has been attempted. (The first time, it failed to make it out of committee.)
“What we need to examine is how this can become the norm across the various workforces in America,” Rep. Mark Takano said.
Bill Gates: AI is the new PC
The Microsoft founder stoked enthusiasm around AI, writing in a blog post that AI was the “most important advance in technology since the graphical user interface.” He’s convinced that AI will reshape countless industries just as the PC, Internet, and mobile phone did before. Two things blew Gates away recently. First, Microsoft-backed OpenAI developed a model that passed the AP bio exam without specific training on the test. Second, AI offered advice for talking with a sick child that was better than most fathers would muster on their own.
What can’t AI do?
Since the release of ChatGPT 4.0, the Internet is ablaze with creative demos of AI’s power.
OpenAI's president showed how he could use it create a website based only on a photo of a hand-drawn mock-up drawn on a napkin. He said GPT-4 could help individuals prepare their taxes, too (a timely tip!). A brand designer asked GPT-4 to make as much money as possible with an initial budget of $100 and ended up with $1,378.84 cash on hand after creating an affiliate marketing site complete with online advertising—all set up by AI.
Google, Microsoft, Adobe expand AI offerings
Google announced it will embed AI tech in its office products, including with Gmail, Docs, Slides, and Sheets. The AI drafts emails, proofreads text, generates multimedia presentations, and manipulates spreadsheet data. Microsoft released its new AI-powered Copilot, which integrates in a similar fashion with Microsoft products. Not to be outdone, Adobe announced Firefly, an AI image generator for Photoshop and other products in its Creative Cloud.
Amazon cuts 9k more
Amazon will cut 9k more corporate jobs including in its cloud computing and advertising businesses. Amazon’s cloud business is still growing but at a slower pace due to the economic slowdown. The company has cut 27k positions in the past year. Last week Meta announced it would cut 10k more jobs in coming months. Tech layoffs have impacted 300k workers since the beginning of 2022, according to Layoffs.fyi.
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