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AI & Jobs OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3 and, in President Greg Brockman's words, declared 「the AGI era.」 The company's own charter defines AGI as a system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work, and Astra's headline skill is operating ordinary office software end to end, without a person clicking along.
AI & Jobs The Trade Desk filed an 8-K on September 3 disclosing a 15% workforce reduction, its largest layoff since going public in 2016. The cut follows an August 6 earnings report that delivered the company's first-ever guidance for a revenue decline, and a stock that fell as much as 28% that day.
AI & Jobs Volkswagen's supervisory board approved 50,000 additional job cuts on September 3, doubling the total workforce reduction across the group since a 2024 deal with IG Metall. The trigger: falling China sales, high German costs, and BYD's expansion into Europe.
AI & Jobs ADP posted 38,000 private-sector jobs for August on September 2, under the 47,000 consensus and under an upwardly revised 46,000 for July. Education and health services alone added 45,000 and leisure and hospitality added 16,000 — more than the whole month's total between them.
AI & Jobs Uber is cutting about 3,300 jobs, roughly 10% of its global staff, in a September 2 restructuring CEO Dara Khosrowshahi calls 「Simpler Faster Uber」. Management layers shrink 20%, one- and two-person teams get cut nearly in half, and the freed capacity is earmarked for ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi investment.
AI & Jobs TalentNeuron published 「The Great Reallocation」 on September 1, covering Salesforce, Klarna, Wells Fargo, Google, Microsoft, Citi and BT Group. The load-bearing finding: at one Fortune 100 manufacturer, 34% of roles initially flagged for elimination contained judgment tasks central to the strategy the cuts were meant to fund.