This Microsoft Story Will Make You Want to Stay Remote Forever

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This week, tech CEOs are worried, Switch sales are booming, AI is getting expensive, and social media might just get stress-free (spoiler: I’m building that part).

Let’s skip the blah-blah and jump into your weekly scroll of snackable brain fuel.

The “Infinite Workday” Is Burning Us Out

Microsoft’s new Work Trend report says we’re stuck in an infinite workday, a world where emails, meetings, and notifications never stop.

Employees are checking email at 6 AM and again at midnight, and feel overwhelmed.

AI might help cut down on repetitive stuff like writing scripts and scheduling, but Microsoft says we need culture fixes, like protected focus time and fewer late-night Slack pings.

🌶️ Financial Times

Amazon CEO Warns: AI Will Trim Jobs (But… Learn Fast)

Amazon’s Andy Jassy just sent a memo saying AI agents will replace many white-collar roles at the company over the coming years.

The memo caused anxiety but included advice: “Learn AI, attend workshops, get scrappy.”

Jassy says new types of jobs will appear, but yes, the corporate headcount is expected to shrink.

🌶️ The Guardian

CEOs Everywhere Say “Use AI or Become Obsolete”

Leaders aren’t mincing words. OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce, and others say that if you don’t adopt AI, your job chances are shrinking fast.

AI agents are hitting the productivity level of human juniors.

The message? Get AI skills or be prepared to watch your competition zoom ahead.

📎 Business Insider

xAI’s Billion-Dollar Burn

Elon Musk’s xAI startup is reportedly spending $1 billion every month.

That’s right, every 30 days, it’s blazing through cash.

Musk believes a giant investment is required to catch up to OpenAI and Google.

But at this rate, the financial treadmill never ends.

📎 Bloombery

Amazon’s AI Memo Sparks Staff Backlash

Employees are pushing back after Jassy’s AI-future memo.

Many feel “demoralized” or that AI is an excuse for layoffs.

While some see opportunity in upskilling, others worry about losing roles.

The internal debate is heating up, and it’s spilling into LinkedIn and Slack.

It’s safe to say LinkedIn is a pure source of entertainment now.

📎 LinkedIn

GPT‑4o: The Omni-AI You Can Talk, See & Text With

OpenAI’s GPT‑4o is now the default for ChatGPT, handling text, images, audio, and video in one shot.

It’s faster, cheaper, and smarter than GPT‑4 Turbo. Now, you can describe an image, speak a command, and get instant, context-aware responses.

It’s like your brainiest AI buddy.

📎 TechRadar

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I wish it were just a meme, but no…

Imagine this:

You wake up, grab your coffee, iron your Microsoft polo (just in case Satya swings by), show up to the office early, and boom, you get laid off the same day.

That’s exactly what happened to a longtime Microsoft exec who was trying to follow return-to-office rules.

After 23 loyal years, he got hit with the ol’ “we regret to inform you” right at his desk.

The kicker? He wasn’t even remote. He showed up to be a team player.

The moral of the story? Maybe just log into Teams next time

📰 Business Insider

That’s the byte-sized download for this week💌

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