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Meta plans a 10% global layoff affecting 8,000 employees, with Bay Area WARN filings showing thousands of engineer job cuts tied to an AI pivot.
Realty ONE Group International has launched ZONE Pro, a rebuilt proprietary tech platform that uses artificial intelligence to centralize business operations, referrals and training for its more than 20,000 real estate professionals, the company announced on Tuesday. The Laguna Niguel, California-based brokerage described ZONE Pro as a next-generation ecosystem and command center engineered to help agents and franchise owners automate workflows, manage referrals and scale their businesses from a single interface. The platform replaces and expands on the firm's prior ZONE technology.
“Learn how to think, learn how to earn respect, have E.Q., learn how to communicate, learn to have a heart, have empathy, all that,” Dimon said when asked what advice he'd give to graduates anxious about entering a workforce being rapidly reshaped by artificial intelligence. “You'll have a great life.”
A laboratory with that many robots would be exciting, says Yan Zeng, a materials scientist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. "I will be curious to see how soon they are really going to achieve that goal," notes Zeng, who hopes that the lab could be used by scientists globally, like other leading scientific facilities such as Europe's particle-physics lab CERN.
Davis works for Delta Air Lines on the ramp, as airlines call the bustling area of pavement between the terminal and the taxiway. He's waiting when the jet pulls up, and bags start rolling down the conveyor belt. Davis grabs two suitcases off the belt, pulls out a handheld computer that looks like an extra-rugged iPad, and scans the bar codes on the luggage tags. "Now I take it, I scan it, it gives me a green scan sign saying it's A-okay," Davis said.