{"id":116894,"date":"2025-09-03T14:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/116894\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:19:08","slug":"the-first-wave-of-ai-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/116894\/","title":{"rendered":"The first wave of AI layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>For the best listening experience and to never miss an episode, subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/podcasts\/the-decibel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Decibel<\/a> on your favourite podcast app or platform: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-decibel\/id1565410296?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3qYDbRr9geEsFkkwkq3oeL?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/41787d0e-cbd2-4d33-96e5-506ca588241b\/the-decibel?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-the-decibel-81650306\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iHeartRadio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/6yr6jcgb?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pocket Casts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjt27UiMlbQXaZvGPVS3iacAbBQrebVmS\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Artificial intelligence in the workplace is here to stay. But what does that mean for the job market? While many Canadian companies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-canadian-ceos-embracing-generative-ai-speed-efficiency-impact\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">embracing the technology<\/a>, in a few notable cases, this has led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-benchsci-job-cuts-replace-humans-with-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mass layoffs<\/a>. In other workplaces, it has meant a revolution in workflow, company culture and hiring practices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Globe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/joe-castaldo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Castaldo<\/a>, who covers AI, and business reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/sean-silcoff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Silcoff<\/a>, spoke to executives who are welcoming AI in workplaces. They join us to talk about what this all means for businesses, jobs and the future of work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/podcasts\/the-decibel\/article-workplace-ai-employees-layoffs-job-market\/mailto:thedecibel@globeandmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thedecibel@globeandmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the best listening experience and to never miss an episode, subscribe to The Decibel on your favourite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,1397,276,277,49,48,876,39919,39921,39913,39916,39917,39918,39915,1398,1399,1404,61,39920,39914,1400],"class_list":["post-116894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-appwebview","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canadian-daily-news-podcast","tag-daily-podcast-canada","tag-decibel","tag-decibel-globe-and-mail","tag-decibel-podcast","tag-listen-to-decibel-podcast","tag-listen-to-the-decibel","tag-nodelphi","tag-nopolly","tag-podcast","tag-technology","tag-the-daily-for-canada","tag-thedecibel","tag-yespop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}