The guilt of building AI agents that have led to lay-offs | 7.30

The language around the threat to jobs from AI is becoming increasingly apocalyptic.

It's hard to know what the level of threat really is. One clear cue comes from big tech companies like Amazon and Meta who are slashing jobs and pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence.

Alysia Thomas-Sam reports.

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