Contradictions Everywhere: Jobless Claims Fall, AI Cuts Rise | Paper Cut

US jobless claims just hit a decades-low. In the same week, Uber, British Gas, and Amazon all cut jobs citing AI, and Google employees organised a petition 4,500 signatures deep.

This week's Paper Cut covers: the contradiction between decades-low jobless claims and a steady drumbeat of AI-cited layoffs at Uber, Centrica, and Amazon, including the irony of Amazon cutting its own AGI team; Google's 4,500-signature petition for layoff protections alongside quieter, less constructive employee responses like fake meetings and workplace sabotage; Barclays and Adecco's clashing views on what AI is actually doing to productivity and employment; and new friction in office culture, from a judge's ruling on webcam opt-outs to why Gen Z keeps turning down management roles.

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