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Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks

PYMNTS / pymnts - Burger King has equipped managers and employees with an artificial intelligence-powered tool called BK Assistant. BK Assistant providers staffers with access to operational guidelines, inventory management and compliance tracking, “enabling them to focus …

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MiniMax launches managed always-on MaxClaw AI Agent

6 days / testingcatalog / Nero Soares

Don't trust AI agents

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A new benchmark pits five AI models against each other as autonomous social media agents on X

6 days / the-decoder / Tomislav Bezmalinovic

WhatsApp is testing a feature to analyze chats with Meta AI

6 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks

7 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Burger King’s New AI Assistant Guides Staff, Tracks Politeness

7 days / eweek / Madeline Clarke

Burger King has launched a war on manners with its new AI chatbot called 'Patty'

7 days / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

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Microsoft’s Copilot Enters Its ‘Second Chapter’ With Autonomous Task Execution

Liz Ticong / eweek - Microsoft previews Copilot Tasks, an agent-like feature that runs multi-step workflows in the background, with consent checkpoints and user controlThe post Microsoft’s Copilot Enters Its ‘Second Chapter’ With Autonomous Task Execution appeared first on eW…

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Microsoft’s Copilot Enters Its ‘Second Chapter’ With Autonomous Task Execution

7 days / eweek / Liz Ticong

Microsoft Brings Agentic AI to its Consumer Chatbot With New Copilot Tasks

7 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Microsoft’s new Copilot Tasks finally does the work for you

7 days / digitaltrends

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Block cuts nearly half its workforce as Dorsey credits AI, but the real reasons predate the hype

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Jack Dorsey blames AI for cutting nearly half of Block's workforce. But a closer look at the company's history of overhiring and structural problems tells a different story.The article Block cuts nearly half its workforce as Dorsey credits AI, but the rea…


Breaking: Block slashes staff 40%, Dorsey defends AI pivot

Dorsey swings the axe at Block in “extreme step” to “replace human labor with compute power”

7 days / sherwood / Matt Phillips

Block Lays Off 4,000 (of 10,000) Employees

7 days / cnbc / John Gruber

Block lays off 40% of workforce as it goes all-in on AI tools

7 days / arstechnica / Peter Wells and Akila Quinio, Financial Times

Jack Dorsey says AI is driving Block's massive layoffs as 4,000+ roles are cut

7 days / techspot

Morning Minute: Jack Dorsey Slashes 40% of Block's Jobs Due to AI

7 days / decrypt / Tyler Warner

How Jack Dorsey Explained Cutting Almost Half of Block’s Staff

7 days / wsj / Ben Dummett

Jack Dorsey’s Block to slash staff by 40% over AI progress

7 days / semafor / Tom Chivers


Corporate fallout: CFOs and finance teams rethink operations

Block job cuts prompt CFO AI questions

7 days / paymentsdive / Adam Zaki


Critics: ‘AI excuse’ covers COVID-era overhiring and restructuring

Dorsey’s ‘AI Transformation’ Triggers Block Surge And ‘AI Washing’ Skepticism

7 days / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Jack Dorsey’s Block Cut Half Its Staff, and He Says Other Tech Firms Will Follow Soon

7 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Block's 24% Stock Jump Will Cost More Jobs Than Its AI Ever Could

7 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Jack Dorsey's Block lays off 4,000 and blames AI. Is it just a convenient excuse?

7 days / qz / Catherine Baab

Jack Dorsey makes a grim prediction about the future of work as he lays off 4,000 Block employees in AI push

7 days / fastcompany / Sarah Fielding

Opinion: Block's layoffs might just be the biggest story of a tumultuous week. Here's why

7 days / cnbc

Block cuts nearly half its workforce as Dorsey credits AI, but the real reasons predate the hype

7 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


Markets roar: stock surges, futures fall, analysts upgrade

Block (XYZ) Receives Upgraded Price Targets Following Major Workforce Restructuring

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Stock Futures Tumble as Block’s Massive AI-Driven Layoffs Shake Wall Street

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Netflix drops its WBD bid, Block layoffs, Anthropic's DOD deadline and more in Morning Squawk

7 days / cnbc

Block soars after announcing 40% workforce cut amid AI push

7 days / sherwood / Hyunsoo Rim


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In a 600-word X post, Jack Dorsey justifies his decision to lay off 40% of Block’s workforce

7 days / fastcompany / Pavithra Mohan

Jack Dorsey’s Block to slash staff by 40% over AI progress www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

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