🚨 21,000 Jobs Lost to AI...

Google Bets $75M on AI Filmmaking

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Saidul Islam
June 23, 2026

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Today’s Recipes:

  • 🚨 21,000 Jobs Lost to AI...

  • 🛑 Meta Pauses Employee Tracking After Leak

  • 🪪 Your Next Claude Chat Could Start With an ID Check

  • Google Bets $75M on AI Filmmaking

  • Meta Launches AI Glasses Starting at $299

  • Claude Can Now Join Your Slack Team

  • AI Tutorial of the Day

  • And More….

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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Oracle has laid off 21,000 employees, 13% of its workforce, as it pivots heavily into AI, joining other tech giants in massive investments reshaping the industry.

🔍 Details

  1. Oracle reduced its workforce from 162,000 to 141,000 in one year.

  2. The layoffs cost $1.8bn in severance and restructuring, up from $374m last year.

  3. Cuts are linked to AI deployment across operations, which may continue.

  4. Oracle plans to spend $50bn on AI infrastructure, racing to support firms like OpenAI and Meta.

  5. Other tech giants, Amazon, Meta, Google—are investing a combined $650bn in AI this year, also cutting jobs.

  6. Amazon alone plans $200bn in AI spending and 30,000 job cuts.

💡 Takeaway: AI is driving historic investment but also mass layoffs, signaling a major workforce shift across the tech industry.

Meta paused its AI training program after a leak exposed employee keystrokes, chats, and performance data, sparking backlash and raising privacy concerns.

🔍 Details

  1. Meta’s AI program (Model Capability Initiative) tracked staff keystrokes and mouse movements.

  2. A leak exposed private conversations, performance data, and transcripts across the company.

  3. The incident was rated SEV 2 (serious but not the most severe).

  4. Meta confirmed the issue and paused the program while investigating.

  5. Employees expressed frustration, saying data wasn’t properly secured from the start.

  6. This follows other recent Meta security lapses, including flaws in its AI chatbot and rogue AI incidents.

💡 Takeaway: AI-driven employee monitoring raises major privacy risks—Meta’s leak shows how fragile trust can be when sensitive data isn’t locked down.

Anthropic is testing ID checks for Claude users, aiming to prevent misuse and ensure compliance, sparking debate over privacy and accessibility in AI tools.

🔍 Details

  1. Anthropic announced Claude may soon ask users to verify identity with government-issued ID.

  2. The move is designed to reduce misuse, fraud, and regulatory risks.

  3. It follows growing pressure on AI firms to ensure accountability and safety.

  4. Critics argue ID checks could limit accessibility and raise privacy concerns.

  5. Anthropic says it’s exploring balanced safeguards while keeping Claude widely usable.

💡 Takeaway: AI companies are tightening access controls, Anthropic’s ID checks highlight the tension between safety, regulation, and user privacy.

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MORE AI & TECH UPDATES

Google has invested $75 million in independent film studio A24 to develop AI-powered filmmaking tools in collaboration with its DeepMind division…

Meta has unveiled its new AI-powered Meta Glasses, priced at $299, marking a significant expansion of its smart eyewear lineup…

Anthropic has introduced Claude Tag, a new feature that integrates its AI assistant directly into Slack channels, transforming Claude from a standalone chatbot into a collaborative digital coworker…

Amazon is preparing to sell its custom AI chips, a move that could reshape the competitive landscape of artificial intelligence infrastructure and put pressure on Google’s market position…

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