Chipotle Mexican Grill recently announced plans to hire 20,000 new employees as the 'Burrito Season' approaches. This recruitment drive aims to address the upcoming peak dining season. The company's Chief Human Resources Officer, Ilene Eskenazi, stated that these positions offer applicants a great career starting point and help them achieve their career goals within the company. Eskenazi pointed out that many current...

Recently, Shenzhen Futian District and Guangzhou announced the launch of 'AI Civil Servants' (Smart Employees) based on the DeepSeek large model, marking a significant step forward in smart governance development for both regions. According to the 'Happy Futian' public account, Futian District has introduced AI smart employees developed based on DeepSeek and upgraded its governance large model to version 2.0. These 'smart employees' not only possess the general capabilities of DeepSeek but also offer personalized adaptations to the actual business processes of various departments.

Today, Alibaba's 1688 platform officially launched a new round of recruiting activities in Beijing and announced a significant decision during the event: all AI products aimed at merchants will be completely free. This initiative aims to further assist merchants in enhancing their business intelligence, reducing operational costs, and achieving more efficient operations.

Recently, enterprise resource planning software company Workday Inc. announced it will lay off approximately 8.5% of its workforce, or 1,760 positions, in order to drive company growth and increase investment in artificial intelligence. This news was communicated to all employees through a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with CEO Carl Eschenbach noting in a memo that Workday is at a 'critical moment' as various industries are rethinking how work is done, and the growing demand for artificial intelligence presents new opportunities for the company.

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump took a series of 'Day One' actions on Monday, with his top priority being the revocation of former President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence. He also called for federal employees to return to office work. Biden's AI order provided a roadmap for the federal government to develop technology and manage risks. The order prompted the Office of Management and Budget to issue a memo requiring agencies to implement specific measures for managing and monitoring their AI use cases, as well as the application of technology in a national security context.

Mira Murati is a prominent figure in the field of artificial intelligence, and her latest startup project has attracted significant attention from the industry. Recently, it was reported that Jonathan Lachman, the former head of special projects at OpenAI, has joined the AI research lab newly founded by Murati. This decision marks the highest-profile recruitment since Murati left OpenAI last September and represents an important step forward in the lab's personnel composition.

Recently, research teams from Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and Stanford University jointly released an Agent development framework called 'Eko'. This framework aims to help developers quickly build production-ready 'virtual employees' using simple code and natural language. The Eko framework can take over a user's computer and browser, performing various tedious tasks on behalf of humans. With Eko, users can achieve automated data collection, testing, and file management, among other functionalities. For instance, users can set Eko to automatically gather information from Yahoo Finance.

On the occasion of Baidu's 25th anniversary, company founder Robin Li sent a letter to all employees, reflecting on Baidu's development history and looking ahead to the future. In the letter, Robin Li emphasized that Baidu has always been at the forefront of technological development, firmly believing that technological innovation is the core competitiveness of the company. Robin Li pointed out that throughout its history, Baidu has consistently invested over 20% of its funds in R&D, aiming to transform cutting-edge technology into practical products to benefit more people. He stressed that the large-scale application of technology is key to realizing its value and achieving significant technological breakthroughs and disruptive innovation.

Recently, OpenAI announced a partnership with defense contractor Anduril, which has sparked strong reactions from employees within the company. Many employees expressed their concerns about the military applications of OpenAI technology on the internal discussion platform and demanded more transparency from the company. Source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed by Midjourney. According to a report from The Washington Post, employees questioned whether AI technology could be limited to defensive drone attacks and even raised concerns like

In product teams, the backlog of screen recordings and screenshots often goes unnoticed, with video creation being both time-consuming and costly. However, two former Microsoft employees saw an opportunity in this market and decided to launch an AI tool called Lica, which easily transforms screenshots and recordings into engaging tutorials and product videos. This startup was founded in 2023 by Priyaa Kalyanaraman and Purvanshi Mehta, both ex-Microsoft employees.

OpenAI recently announced a $1.5 billion stock buyback plan aimed at SoftBank. This plan is a continuation of SoftBank's investment after recently injecting $6.6 billion into OpenAI, which is now valued at $157 billion. According to insider sources, this transaction was driven by SoftBank's founder and CEO Masayoshi Son, who aims to acquire a larger stake in OpenAI. This financing not only provides SoftBank with an opportunity to increase its holdings in OpenAI.

Recently, a survey commissioned by Google Workspace revealed that more and more professionals are willing to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help them tackle complex and heavy work tasks. Conducted by Harris Poll, the survey covered over 1,000 U.S. employees aged 22 to 39, focusing primarily on participants currently in or aspiring to leadership positions. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from service provider Midjourney. The results showed that 82% of respondents indicated they already.

Recently, as Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against Sam Altman, early internal emails from OpenAI were exposed, drawing widespread attention to the power struggle among the company's founders. In the emails, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever expressed deep concerns about Musk's strong desire to control artificial intelligence. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from Midjourney. Sutskever reached out to Musk in September 2017.