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:
Sources: Twitter starts cutting an unspecified number of contractor workers in various fields, including content moderation, real estate, marketing, and others  —  After laying off half its staff earlier this month, Twitter on Saturday started culling its vast ranks of contract staff, sources confirmed to Axios.

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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 (Ina Fried/Axios)

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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 (Ina Fried/Axios)

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Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge not to support the weaponization of their products, say adding weapons will erode trust in robots (Ina Fried/Axios)

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Sources: SoftBank begins laying off Vision Fund employees, with cuts expected to impact over 100 people, or 20%+ of its staff, following massive losses (Bloomberg)

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.