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Intuit Launches AI-Powered QuickBooks Agents

Intuit launched AI agents within QuickBooks, automating tasks like invoicing, bookkeeping, and financial analysis; Google released a free AI toolkit for startups; Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI; Amazon deployed its millionth robot; and AI chatbots showed significant growth but still lag beh...

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NS&I Cuts Savings Bond Interest Rates Amidst Economic Pressures

NS&I has cut interest rates on its British Savings Bonds, with two-year bonds dropping to 3.85% AER, three-year bonds to 3.88%, and five-year bonds to 3.84%; the Junior Isa rate fell to 3.55%. This reflects broader economic pressures impacting savers and investment strategies.

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AI to Replace Half of White-Collar Jobs: CEOs Reveal the Inevitable Shift

Ford CEO Jim Farley predicted that AI will replace half of all white-collar jobs, prompting major financial institutions to plan for significant headcount reductions and highlighting the growing shift toward a gig economy.

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AI Adoption Creates Jobs and Higher Wages, PwC Study Finds

PwC's 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer, based on nearly a billion job postings across 20 countries, shows that companies adopting AI create more jobs and offer higher wages; employees in AI-related sectors see a 56% wage advantage.

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London's Aries Global Acquires AI-Powered Customer Communication Startup Hubtype

Aries Global acquired Hubtype, a Barcelona-based AI-powered customer communication startup, in April 2025 for an undisclosed sum; Hubtype manages 15 million monthly interactions and boasts a tenfold EBITDA increase thanks to its generative AI applications.

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Keen's Automated Factory: A Glimpse into the Future of American Shoe Manufacturing

Keen, a Kentucky-based shoe company, opened a new automated factory employing 24 people, highlighting the shift towards high-tech, capital-intensive manufacturing in the US to counter high labor costs and tariffs, despite the vast majority of shoe production remaining overseas.

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UPS Announces 20,000 Job Cuts and Facility Closures

UPS is offering voluntary buyouts to its US drivers following the announcement of 20,000 job cuts and 73 facility closures, part of a \$3.5 billion cost-reduction plan aiming for a 12 percent US operational margin by next year; this follows the company's decision to halve Amazon deliveries and comes...

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AI's Limited Impact on US Job Losses in 2024

Despite executive warnings, AI-related job losses account for a small fraction of overall layoffs in 2024; economic uncertainty and cost-cutting are more impactful, with companies using AI to reduce headcount and freeze hiring rather than directly replacing workers.

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Amazon's Robot Workforce Surpasses One Million, Signaling Job Market Shift

Amazon's warehouse automation has surpassed one million robots, nearing its human workforce; while boosting productivity and some wages, it's displacing jobs and slowing hiring, reflecting a broader trend impacting Microsoft and Procter & Gamble.

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AI Cuts UK Entry-Level Jobs by a Third

New research reveals a 32% drop in UK entry-level job vacancies since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, as businesses increasingly use AI to improve efficiency and cut staff; this follows a 33% fall in graduate roles advertised since mid-June 2023.

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Amazon to Cut Corporate Jobs Due to AI Automation

Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy announced that AI will likely reduce Amazon's 350,000-person corporate workforce in the next few years, impacting roles such as software engineering and marketing, reflecting a broader trend of AI-driven automation affecting white-collar jobs worldwide.

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Latin America's Social Safety Net: Inadequate for the AI Revolution

A World Bank report reveals that 30% of Latin Americans lack effective social protection, a figure that soars to 68% among the poor, leaving them vulnerable to AI-driven job displacement; the report urges urgent reforms to create more inclusive, anticipatory, and adaptive social safety nets.

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