Irreplaceable: Humans vs the AI Narrative 🤖🎤

AI layoffs questioned while Nvidia bets $14B on the future + hit some brain exercises 🔥

Hey,

AI is replacing jobs… or is it?

Block employees are pushing back on the automation narrative — they’re, as Queen Bey would say, irreplaceable. Nvidia, meanwhile, is betting billions that the AI revolution is just getting started.

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• Block workers push back: “AI can’t do our jobs.”

Former and current Block employees say AI cannot replace their roles after Jack Dorsey’s layoffs, challenging the narrative around automation.

• Nvidia backs $14.6B AI startup Nscale

Nvidia backed Nscale’s $2B raise to expand global AI data centers and GPU infrastructure — the computing backbone for training large AI models.

• Palantir jumps 15% as war drives defense AI demand

Shares of Palantir Technologies surged ~15% as rising tensions with Iran highlighted demand for defense AI platforms, overshadowing concerns about its partnership with Anthropic.

• China warns Nexperia, chip dispute could hit global supply

Escalating tensions over Dutch chipmaker Nexperia could disrupt semiconductor supply chains, raising fears of a new global chip shortage.

• Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI Hardware Leader, resigns after deal with Pentagon

Kalinowski stepped down after the company struck a controversial partnership with the United States Department of Defense, raising internal concerns over military AI use.

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🧠 Brain Teaser!

The more of me you take,
the more you leave behind.
What am I?

As usual.. answers will be at the bottom of the newsletter!

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📚 What We’re Reading

• Why women are disappearing from Europe’s tech workforce

• Which Tech Roles Are Most In-Demand Right Now & How Women Can Break Into Them

• Rice Business event explores how AI can innovate hiring, finance, health care and more

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And the answer is…… 🥁🥁🥁🥁

Footsteps. 👣

See you next week!

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