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Over 2,000 Hollywood names sign open letter to block Paramount-Warner merger

More than 2,000 film and television stars and creatives... including Joaquin Phoenix, Florence Pugh, Pedro Pascal, Ben Stiller, Bryan Cranston, and Jane Fonda. Shots fired as gunman charges toward ...
Variety

Florence Pugh, Pedro Pascal and More Join Fight to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger as Open Letter Surpasses 2,000 Hollywood Names

Florence Pugh and Pedro Pascal are adding their names to the now more than 2,000 Hollywood industry professionals who have signed an open letter opposing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. New ...
Euronews

‘Block the merger’: Thousands of industry professionals speak out against Paramount-Warner deal

More than 1,000 film and TV stars and creatives, including Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Thompson and Javier Bardem, issued an open letter opposing Paramount Skydance’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros.
Business Insider

Short-seller Carson Block compares SoFi to Enron in a letter to the fintech firm's board

Carson Block's Muddy Waters Research revealed its SoFi short last month. This month, Block submitted a letter to the firm's board further unpacking his view. The short-seller compared the fintech ...
The Guardian

Current and former Block workers say AI can’t do their jobs after Jack Dorsey’s mass layoffs: ‘You can’t really AI that’

The CEO said he cut the company’s workforce by 4,000 people – almost in half – because of gains in AI productivity Mark remembers the first time he wondered whether he was teaching Block’s AI tools ...
Wall Street Journal

Jack Dorsey’s Block to Lay Off 40% of Its Workforce in AI Remake

Block XYZ-2.44%decrease; red down pointing triangle, the payments company founded by Jack Dorsey that includes Square and Cash App, said Thursday that it plans to lay off 40% of its workforce, or more ...
Fast Company

Jack Dorsey makes a grim prediction about the future of work as he lays off 4,000 Block employees in AI push

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block Inc, is not only laying off nearly half of the company’s workforce, but he wants investors to think he’s an AI-focused trailblazer for doing so. In a letter to shareholders ...
BBC

Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of jobs as it embraces AI

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says his technology firm Block is laying off almost half its workforce because artificial intelligence (AI) "fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a ...
TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next

Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. On Thursday, Dorsey announced that Block, the payments company he founded that operates Square, ...
CNN

Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...
The New York Times

Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I.

About 4,000 workers will lose their jobs as the payments company does more work with new artificial intelligence tools, its top executive said. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Block, ...