Google just launched Gemini for Science, a new suite of agentic research tools on Google Labs designed to supercharge the scientific method. The prototypes handle multi-agent hypothesis debates, parallel code generation for computational experiments, and literature synthesis via NotebookLM. Two accompanying research papers were published in Nature.
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn just backtracked on his aggressive AI rhetoric following fierce backlash from users. After previously suggesting the company would phase out contract workers and pivot to an AI-first model, von Ahn clarified on LinkedIn that AI is just an accelerator and Duolingo is still hiring humans at its usual pace.
Klarna just revealed that its OpenAI-powered customer service bot handled 2.3 million chats in its first month, doing the equivalent work of 700 full-time reps and cutting resolution times from 11 minutes to 2. Klarna laid off 700 people back in 2022, and while the company denies a direct connection, putting an exact headcount on AI replacement is sparking plenty of backlash.
Tech giants are cutting jobs, and everyone is blaming AI — but experts say that's mostly a cover story. Oxford researchers and analysts point out there's little evidence of robots directly replacing workers at scale; instead, companies are just cutting standard costs or slashing other budgets to fund expensive AI pivots.
