ENTRY-LEVEL CODING GIGS DISAPPEAR

Plus AI Lovers Are Coming

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Goodbye $165K Tech Jobs—Coding Grads Now Hustle at Chipotle

New CS grads are watching job markets crash as AI tools like Copilot and CodeRabbit snatch up entry-level coding gigs. Many are ghosted after thousands of applications, landing service-industry roles just to survive. The tech dream is feeling more like a glitch than a guarantee.

AI Lovers Are Coming, But We Don’t Have to Accept Them Big Tech’s pushing AI “companions” like voluptuous anime bots on X, aiming to tap into our need for intimacy—but public sentiment? Not vibing. A whopping 74% of young Americans say AI romance is just… unethical or creepy.

AI Is Killing Students’ Ability to Actually Think

Teachers are sounding the alarm—students say their ability to write, speak, and even ask basic questions is just... vanishing. It’s like AI is doing the heavy lifting and leaving brains on snooze mode, and the real-life classroom vibe is slipping.

Google Brings Back In-Person Interviews to Curb AI-Cheating in Hiring

Google’s switching things up—at least one round of face-to-face interviews is now mandatory in hiring, especially for technical roles. Why? AI tools and deepfake tech are making virtual interviews sketchier than ever. It’s old-school IRL screening making a comeback. 

Using AI Made Doctors Worse at Spotting Cancer

Docs who leaned on AI during colonoscopies got comfy—so much that when the AI was pulled, their detection game dipped hard. It’s like brain-wifi dependency IRL: tools help, but skills fade fast if you forget how to do it solo.  

AI’s Payoff Is Still a Ghost—Big Hype, Little Proof

AI hype is off the charts, but the real business wins are... not. Companies are splurging on AI, but most projects stay in pilot mode and actual returns remain stubbornly vague. It’s a hype-heavy, ROI-light flex right now. 

Character AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories

Character AI ditched its big AGI dreams under new CEO Karandeep Anand and rebranded as an AI-entertainment platform—no more pursuit of superintelligence. With 20 million monthly users (mostly Gen Z/Alpha), it’s now all about storytelling, subscriptions, ads, and safety filters—not sci-fi futures.

Perplexity Throws Down a $34.5B All-Cash Bid to Buy Google Chrome

Perplexity AI just dropped a wild $34.5 billion all-cash offer to snag Google’s Chrome browser—despite being valued way lower. The offer includes preserving Chrome’s open-source code, keeping Google as the default search engine, and investing $3 billion in development. Total flex move to challenge Big Tech in AI search.