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AI News Flash: Despite ongoing tech layoffs with companies citing AI replacing workers as justification, new data reveals engineering roles are actually the most resilient jobs in tech. Venture capital firm SignalFire tracked over 80 million companies and millions of employee career records to find: overall hiring at large tech firms in 2025 dropped 25% compared to 2019, but engineering positions declined only…

AI News Flash: AI chip startup Cerebras Systems released its first quarterly report since going public on Tuesday, with revenue hitting $193 million, up 94% YoY; net loss narrowed from $23.9 million in the same period last year to $14 million, with all metrics beating market expectations. However, the stock fell nearly 20% the next day, briefly approaching the IPO price, hitting a new low since listing. The key drag on the stock was…

AI News: Meta announces redesigning its Creator Studio tools into a standalone AI companion app, currently testing with select creators. The app integrates Facebook’s recently launched AI creator assistant, providing personalized suggestions based on the creator’s content style, post performance, audience engagement, and set goals. Previously, creators had to manually browse data charts to understand their performance…

AI News Flash: Google officially builds computer use capability into Gemini 3.5 Flash. This feature was previously only available as a standalone Gemini 2.5 computer use model, now directly integrated into the Flash lineup so developers can use it without switching models. Gemini 3.5 Flash already has strong function calling and built-in tools like Search and Maps.

AI news flash: OpenAI partners with Broadcom to launch Jalapeño, a custom AI chip designed specifically for large language model (LLM) inference. Unlike general-purpose GPUs, Jalapeño is architected from the ground up to optimize LLM inference computational characteristics, aiming to significantly boost inference performance and energy efficiency at equivalent or lower hardware costs while supporting larger-scale AI system deployments.

AI news brief: Stockholm startup Fika Jobs is building a video-first recruitment platform that combines AI interview agents with short video profiles, positioning between LinkedIn and TikTok. Job seekers can showcase themselves through short videos instead of relying on text resumes, while AI agents handle initial interview screening to help companies filter through large volumes of applicants. This model aims to solve two pain points simultaneously…

AI news flash: Anthropic introduces Claude Tag, enabling Claude AI to integrate directly into Slack as a ‘permanent team member’. Users simply tag Claude in messages to get instant AI responses and assistance without switching tools or opening separate interfaces, dramatically reducing friction. However, behind this feature lies a deeper strategic intent…

AI News Flash: SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son declared at this week’s shareholders meeting that he’ll keep working into his 70s, going all-in on Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). Son explicitly wants another 10-15 years to push the initiative, ditching his succession plan to personally steer the company’s direction. Son pushed back strongly against those calling the AI industry a bubble, directly labeling such views as ‘blasphemy’

AI News Flash: Indian customer engagement software company MoEngage acquires San Francisco startup Aampe in an all-cash deal; while the amount remains undisclosed, sources tell TechCrunch the deal is worth tens of millions. MoEngage co-founder and CEO Raviteja Dodda says the bet is that ‘assigning a dedicated AI agent to each customer’ will become the future of marketing…

AI News Flash: In Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, on a crisp morning, farmers drive sheep through sorting gates using bells, whistles and shouts to select the best quality animals from the mob. Three-year-old Australian Kelpie ‘Sky’ works behind the herd, flexibly gathering the mob as directed and steadily pushing them into the pen. This traditional farm scene…