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Report: Companies Are Slashing Jobs Thanks to AI

AI is already causing tens of thousands of layoffs in the U.S. job market, according to a new report. According to executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, AI is reshaping the technology sector, causing a 36 percent increase in job cuts for that industry.
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‘Hunger Games’ Screenwriter Billy Ray Warns ‘Existential Threat’ AI Is to Hollywood: ‘Bad Movies, Bad TV Shows, and a Lot of People Out of Work’

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Billy Ray is warning Hollywood about the dangers that generative artificial intelligence represents to the entertainment industry. Ray, whose credits include "Shattered Glass," "Captain Phillips," "The Hunger Games," and many more, recently spoke about the problems that AI could raise for Hollywood, especially OpenAI’s ChatGPT feature. Ray says he flatly refuses to use ChatGPT because of the "existential threat" AI represents to storytelling and professional writing.
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Airbnb Tries to Stick Traveler with $7,000 Repair Bill After Host Uses AI-Generated Images to Claim Damage

A London-based academic has received an apology and $5,700 refund from Airbnb after a New York apartment host allegedly claimed she caused over $15,963 in damages, using AI-generated images as evidence of the supposed damage. The company initially tried to charge their customer $7,000 for the damages and refused her appeal until a newspaper investigation caused them to change their tune.
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