Layoffs
JD.com founder vows to protect Chinese jobs from AI and robots
The company will ‘do everything possible to safeguard employment’ Liu says
AI unlikely to lead to ‘jobs apocalypse’, OpenAI CEO Altman says
An irreplaceable ‘human part’ of work remains even as AI expands across industries, Altman believes
Firms must help staff plan as AI job cuts become inevitable, top Australia banker says
Smaller teams and steeper career paths ahead as AI reshapes roles
Executive assistants making US$100,000 a year are losing jobs to AI
Much of assistants’ workloads may soon require little or no human labour
StanChart CEO reassures staff after ‘lower-value human’ backlash
Winters’ remarks drew condemnation on social media and across Asia
HSBC CEO says AI will destroy and create new jobs, urges staff to embrace change
The lender cites AI as a driver for slimming down its operations to increase profitability
Singapore staff first to know in Meta’s 8,000 global job cuts
This latest round of cuts is expected to hit the company’s engineering and product teams
The AI bots are coming and the young are booing, not applauding
A rising number of Gen Z are anxious or angry about AI, according to a report
StanChart targets higher return, to reduce more than 7,000 roles by 2030
The bank is seeking to build on a long turnaround and deliver stronger growth
AI replaces ‘lower-value human capital’, StanChart CEO says
Bill Winters’ remarks echo a growing candor among global financial leaders regarding the realities of automation