Overview

• Software investors report that behind closed doors, CEOs admit they anticipate 30–40% team cuts driven by AI, though they publicly insist they’re still hiring.
• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns AI could automate up to half of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years across sectors such as technology, finance, law and consulting.
• Salesforce has reduced hiring, redeployed 500 support staff into data-plus-AI roles and slowed engineering recruitment even as CEO Marc Benioff calls broader job-loss fears “alarmist.”
• Nvidia’s Jensen Huang cautions that workers won’t lose roles to AI itself but to colleagues who master AI tools, urging all employees to adopt the technology.
• E-commerce and tech firms from Shopify to Duolingo are now requiring employees to develop and apply AI skills, with leadership coaching and formal training programs rolling out across industries.