I followed the Chinese playbook for success, then quit Meta for startup life. It feels like being on-call 24/7.

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Yuhao Xu
After following the Chinese playbook to success, Yuhao Xu left his coveted tech job to build an AI startup.

Yuhao Xu

Wells Fargo's head of AI shares his playbook for staying in demand as banks weigh what the tech means for head count

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Saul Van Beurden at Wells Fargo's branch grand opening in Tribeca in February.

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Layoff announcements are reading more like AI-era manifestos

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Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes (left) and Block CEO Jack Dorsey have written memos announcing layoffs and explaining their visions for their respective companies.

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AI is moving fast — and breaking things

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Recent AI agent mishaps highlight the delicate balancing act that employers have to face.

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Andrew Yang says we should stop taxing workers — and start taxing AI

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Andrew Yang says the US is taxing workers while AI replaces their jobs.

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Atlassian says it's laying off 10% of its global workforce and attributes the cut to the 'AI era'

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Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes.
Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. The company is laying off 10% of its employees.

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Companies laying off staff this year include Amazon, Citi, and Atlassian — see the list

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eBay is cutting about 800 jobs.

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Accenture's CEO says using AI is now required for promotion: It's 'how we do work'

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Accenture chair and CEO Julie Sweet at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 20, 2026
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says mastering AI is now key to moving up at the consulting giant.

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In defense of boring, mindless, mundane work

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How to use AI without getting dumber, according to a serial entrepreneur

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Journalists at the China's State Council Information Office's (SCIO) news conference to interpret the Government Work Report on March 5, 2026, in Beijing.
DigitalMarketer CEO Ryan Deiss says workers who think first and use AI second will win in the AI era.

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