ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan | TechCrunch
OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously, subscriptions jumped from $20 to $200 per month.
Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce | TechCrunch
The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts. CEO Evan Spiegel also wrote that the company is closing more than 300 open roles. Snap had about 5,261 full-time employees as of December 2025.
The impact of AI on software engineers in 2026: key trends
Recently, we ran a survey asking readers of The Pragmatic Engineer how you use AI tools, which tools you use, what does and doesn’t work, and what it’s like working with AI, in general.For today’s issue, we’ve dug into your 900+ responses to look for trends in AI tool usage among software engineers a
Research finds AI has already automated job tasks for one in five US workers
A new survey has found that 27 percent of workers have had parts of their jobs automated by AI, and 21 percent say artificial intelligence has created more on-the-job work.AI use has exploded in …
The Biggest AI Myth at Work: That It’s ‘Easy’ and Needs No Training
Forrester research shows companies are rolling out AI tools faster than they’re teaching employees how to use them—putting productivity gains and ROI at risk.“Employers aren’t successfully equipping their employees with the understanding, skills, and ethics to succeed in a world of AI,” Forrester vic
Adobe Is Working With Anthropic to Bring a Creative AI Agent to Claude
Adobe's Firefly AI is getting a new agentic assistant.Adobe is diving deeper into agentic AI and expanding its partnership roster in a new deal with the AI developer Anthropic. Adobe on Wednesday introduced its latest conversational, agentic creative assistant, which is the technological foundation f
Claude just made two of its best features free — here’s how to use Projects and Artifacts
As more ChatGPT users migrate to Claude, Anthropic appears to be making the switch easier. Less than a week ago, the company quietly made Memory free, a move designed to help new users transition …
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Since the dawn of this current Age of AI, there has been an assumption that at the highest level, there are two markets – the markets as old as time, or at least as old as tech: consumer and enterprise. Startups, when they're born, tend to pick one lane. And if they grow into large companies, they te
Anthropic's research shows that AI can already do a huge portion of many jobs; its top economist talks about how that could shape the future of work | Fortune
Peter McCrory talks about Anthropic's latest analysis of AI's role in occupations from computer programming to groundskeeping.
AI Chatbots vs AI Agents vs Agentic AI: What's the Real Difference and Which One Do You Actually Need?
Every company today claims to have an "AI agent." In every product demo, you'll be shown an AI chatbot or agent doing something impressive, and somewhere between the two, a new term has also become a …
Industries most exposed to AI are not only seeing productivity gains but jobs and wage growth too
Forecasts of the impact of artificial intelligence range from the apocalyptic to the utopian. An October 2025 report from Senate Democrats, for example, predicted AI will destroy millions of U.S. …
The “Father Of AGI” Warns Workers To Build 3 Skills Now Before Jobs Become Obsolete
What if the future of work, is…no work at all?I had an eye-opening conversation with “the father of AGI,” Ben Goertzel, just yesterday on my podcast. He believes that we are a mere two or three years away from achieving fully independent human-level artificial intelligence, known as AGI (artificial g
The Government Wants AI That Cannot Refuse Autonomous Weapons or Mass Surveillance — Cloud Publica
The GSA extended the comment period to April 3 after industry pushback. The Anthropic hearing is March 24. A new procurement clause would prohibit AI companies from refusing government requests based on safety policies.
Workers around the world are not getting what they want from AI - Rest of World
A survey by Windfall Trust of workers in 60 countries found that a majority of those facing AI-driven job loss do not trust companies or governments to manage the transition fairly.
I was a laid-off software engineer who pivoted into blue-collar work because of AI. One year in, I couldn't be happier.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tabby Toney, a 38-year-old welder and former software engineer in Oklahoma. It's been edited for length and clarity.Loading audio narration...After I was laid off from my software engineering role last May, I was so angry at the tech industry.I lo