Category: LinkedIn Corporation

Job Titles Are Out. Now We’re All ‘Members of the Technical Staff.’

The New York Times – Business:
Use of the generic title has risen by 50 percent in the last year among employees at Anthropic, OpenAI and other A.I. companies, an analysis found.
AI Slop Is Everywhere. Spotify, LinkedIn and Others Have Had Enough.

The New York Times – On the Runway:
Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig out of a digital sewage heap full of low-quality content made with artificial intelligence.
Tesla Fires a Manager Who Criticized Elon Musk on Social Media

The employee objected to a post on X by Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and a top adviser to President Trump, that referred to Nazi leaders.
Why Luigi Mangione’s Reddit and Instagram Were Taken Down, but Not His Goodreads

Luigi Mangione’s social media accounts attracted swift attention after he was arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive. When do companies scrub a digital trail?
Suspect in United Healthcare CEO Killing Showed Interest in Pop Psychology on Social Media

Figures like Andrew Huberman, Tim Urban and the Unabomber feature in posts shared by accounts that appear to belong to the man arrested on Monday.
Can You Turn Off Google and Meta’s AI Tools? Sometimes, and Here’s How.

Google, Microsoft and Meta are shoving A.I. chatbots into our faces. Sometimes, there’s a way out.
Games Are Proving Their Pull on News and Tech Sites

Word puzzles on LinkedIn. Logic challenges in The Washington Post. For news publishers and tech sites looking to both entice and engage users, games are serious business.
Big Donors Rally Around Nikki Haley

The former governor of South Carolina is winning support from some Democrats and business-minded conservatives as the G.O.P. candidate who can beat Donald Trump.
Companies Are Getting Caught in the Israel-Hamas War’s Crossfire

First it was college campuses. Now the corporate world is increasingly feeling pressure to find a balance in responding to the war.
LinkedIn issues warning to a site shaming pro-Palestinian sentiment.

The site listed thousands of people and grouped them by their workplaces after they posted on the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
LinkedIn Cuts 668 Jobs in Second Layoff Round This Year

The 3 percent reduction in the company’s global work force follows 716 layoffs in May.
What Even Is a Social Network Anymore?