Sources: Twitter starts cutting an unspecified number of contractor workers in various fields, including content moderation, real estate, marketing, and others (Ina Fried/Axios)

Ina Fried / Axios:
Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on October 17; source: less than 1,000 jobs were cut across various levels, teams, and parts of the world  —  Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on Monday, Axios has confirmed.  —  Why it matters: The move …

Ina Fried / Axios:
Amazon is shutting down its Treasure Truck deal-of-the-day program, after it had pivoted to be online-only during the pandemic  —  Amazon is putting the breaks on its “Treasure Truck” deal-of-the-day program, Axios has confirmed. … – That made it more widely available …

Ina Fried / Axios:
Unlike Getty Images, Adobe plans to sell stock images made by artists using generative AI tools like DALL-E, but requires that the images be labeled as such  —  Adobe is opening its stock images service to creations made with the help of generative AI programs like Dall-E and Stable Diffusion, the company tells Axios.

Ina Fried / Axios:
Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge not to support the weaponization of their products, say adding weapons will erode trust in robots  —  Several robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, are pledging not to support the weaponization of their products and are calling …

Bloomberg:
Sources: SoftBank begins laying off Vision Fund employees, with cuts expected to impact over 100 people, or 20%+ of its staff, following massive losses  —  SoftBank Group Corp. has started laying off employees at its loss-making Vision Fund, with cuts expected to exceed 20% of its staff, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ina Fried / Axios:
Adobe argues Figma will help it rethink design tools for the cloud era; Adobe’s competing product, XD, generated just $15M in annual revenue after seven years  —  Adobe executives think there’s a lot that critics of its $20 billion purchase of Figma are missing.