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• Jack Dorsey announced major layoffs at Block, cutting nearly half of its workforce.
• Dorsey said AI was behind the cuts, and the company's stock rose over 20% in after-hours trading.
• Tech and VC leaders have reacted to Block's layoffs, with some calling it a sign of what's to come.

Jack Dorsey's announcement on Thursday that Block was slashing

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• Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block cut 40% of its workforce on Thursday.
• Dorsey said the company saw weeks' worth of engineering work done in a fraction of the time.
• The company still expects to hire senior AI engineering talent, he said during an

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• CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Block will be slashing nearly half its workforce.
• Many tech companies have culled smaller proportions of workers in recent years.
• The move raises questions about whether other firms may follow suit as AI transforms workplaces.

White-collar workers, beware.

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• Two founding team members left Thinking Machines Lab for Meta in recent weeks.
• The exits add to a wave of departures from the high-profile $12 billion AI startup.
• Meta and Thinking Machines Lab declined to comment on the hires.

Thinking Machines Lab, the high-profile startup run by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost two more

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• CEO Jack Dorsey warns of AI's impact on jobs, highlighting Block's workforce reduction strategy.
• Block's AI tools boost efficiency, with engineer output up 40%, says CFO Amrita Ahuja.
• Despite layoffs, Block seeks senior AI engineers as it shifts to an "intelligence-native" approach.

Block CEO Jack Dorsey issued a warning about the impact of AI on