Goldman Sachs exec touts plans to automate ‘human assembly line’ with AI ‘robots,’ vows no mass layoffs

Goldman Sachs exec touts plans to automate ‘human assembly line’ with AI ‘robots,’ vows no mass layoffs

Goldman Sachs will unleash a wave of generative AI “robots” to automate its famed “human assembly line,” but the tech won’t spark mass layoffs, the bank’s President and Chief Operating Officer John Waldron said Tuesday. Goldman plans to deploy digital agents across the firm to slash costs and supercharge productivity in a move that could…

PlayStation’s AI Push Raises a Bigger Question: Where Do You Draw the Line?

PlayStation’s AI Push Raises a Bigger Question: Where Do You Draw the Line?

Image: Push Square In a presentation aimed at investors earlier today, PlayStation announced its intention to use AI to “deliver a cutting-edge entertainment experience” for its players. Unsurprisingly, its comments have already attracted significant blowback from some corners of social media, but it’s important to first reflect on what boss Hideaki Nishino actually said. AI…

AI Layoffs Gut El Paso Paychecks As Oscars Draw Line On Robot Scripts

AI Layoffs Gut El Paso Paychecks As Oscars Draw Line On Robot Scripts

El Paso workers are getting a crash course in what the rise of automation and generative AI really looks like on the ground: fewer contact-center gigs, thinner retail schedules, and a lot more chatbots and kiosks doing the talking. While local employees watch coworkers get reassigned or let go, the same technology that is reshaping…

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw signals tougher line for digital platforms- The Week

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw signals tougher line for digital platforms- The Week

At the DNPA Conclave 2026 under the theme “The New World Order of News”, Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw issued one of his strongest warnings yet to digital platforms, urging them to take responsibility for the content they host and to prioritise user safety, consent and institutional trust in the evolving…

Accenture Is Tracking Whether Employees Use AI—And Promotions Are on the Line

Accenture Is Tracking Whether Employees Use AI—And Promotions Are on the Line

In brief Accenture is now tracking employee logins to AI tools and tying promotions to regular usage, per a report. The firm is pushing adoption after training more than half a million workers in generative AI. The move comes as worker anxiety grows over AI-driven job disruption. Want a promotion while working at Accenture? You’d…

Behind the Scenes on AI Filmmaking from Emmy Winners and How it’s Quietly Crossing a Line from Experiment to Industry

Behind the Scenes on AI Filmmaking from Emmy Winners and How it’s Quietly Crossing a Line from Experiment to Industry

Generative AI at the Consumer Electronics Show didn’t arrive as a flashy tech demo or speculative promise. Instead, it showed up proving a point. A working production tool in the form of Kling AI, and evidence that it can actually deliver films. Two recent projects powered by Kling AI, “A Very AI Yule Log” and…

Larian Studios Draws Harder Line On AI, Clarifies Stance In Reddit AMA

Larian Studios Draws Harder Line On AI, Clarifies Stance In Reddit AMA

Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke, as well as creative directors, recently participated in an AMA on Reddit to set expectations for the studio’s upcoming Divinity game, particularly about its stance on generative AI–a hot-button topic in the industry right now. Responding to a fan question about the role of generative AI in game development, Vincke…