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Pinterest just fired 15% people to go all-in on AI
Plus, AI Cops Hit Britain’s Streets
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Breaking News: Pinterest announced it's cutting around 700 employees (less than 15% of its workforce) to free up money and resources for artificial intelligence projects. The company plans to finish these job cuts by late September 2026.
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Pinterest Bets Big on AI, Cuts 700 Jobs!
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UK Police Go High-Tech with AI!
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The visual search platform is betting its future on chatbots and personalized feeds, even if it means gutting 15% of its workforce by September.
The shift is expensive: Pinterest is shelling out $35-45M in severance costs just to restructure around AI roles
AI products are already live: They've launched Pinterest Assistant (a shopping chatbot) and AI-powered board recommendations that learn your style
Open-source is the strategy: CEO Bill Ready is doubling down on open-source AI models to keep costs low while scaling fast
This isn't just Pinterest. It's the playbook every tech company is running right now: cut traditional roles, reallocate budget to AI engineers, and hope the new products justify the human cost.
⚠️ Why this matters: We're watching the AI talent war reshape entire companies in real time. If you're not building AI products or infrastructure, your role might be on the chopping block next quarter. The pivot isn't coming. It's here.
For creators and marketers: Pinterest's AI tools could actually be useful. If you're not testing the Assistant for content ideas or seeing how the algorithm personalizes boards, you're missing early signals on where visual search is heading.
The social media giant is testing premium tiers across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp that finally monetize all those lurker behaviors you've been doing for free.
Instagram perks leaked: Unlimited audience lists, see who unfollowed you, and view Stories anonymously without getting caught (yes, really)
AI agents coming to your feed: Meta's integrating its $2 billion Manus AI acquisition into subscriptions, plus freemium access to Vibes video generation
Each app gets different features: This isn't one subscription to rule them all. Meta's testing separate bundles for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp with distinct tools
Meta confirmed the trials start "in the coming months" but hasn't announced pricing yet. They're keeping core features free while experimenting with what people will actually pay for (spoiler: probably the anonymous Story viewing).
👀 Why this matters: After years of mining your data for free, Meta's finally asking you to pay for premium features built on that same data. It's a revenue diversification play, but also an admission that ad-only models are maxed out. Snapchat+ proved this works with 16 million paying subscribers at $3.99/month.
Quick take for creators: If you're using Instagram for business, those audience insights and unlimited segmentation lists could be worth it. But wait for pricing before jumping in. Also, expect more AI-powered content tools behind paywalls soon.
The UK Home Secretary is dropping £140 million on AI cops that analyze your doorbell footage, predict crimes, and scan your face in public, calling it the biggest policing overhaul in 200 years.
Five times more facial recognition vans: Going from 10 to 50 vans roaming England and Wales, with 1,700 arrests already made by Met Police using the tech
AI that reads your emotions: The government is testing "inferential surveillance" that claims to detect stress and intent from your facial expressions and body language in real time
Predictive policing goes live: AI systems will analyze CCTV, phone footage, and doorbell cameras to identify potential criminals before crimes happen, freeing up 6 million police hours annually
The rollout includes merging 43 police forces down to possibly just 12 mega forces, creating what they're calling "Britain's FBI." Police chiefs admit there are "too many decision makers" blocking tech adoption, so they're consolidating power fast.
⚠️ Why this matters: This isn't just about catching criminals anymore. It's algorithmic pre crime becoming policy. The UK is building a permanent surveillance infrastructure that treats everyone as a potential suspect based on AI predictions trained on historical policing data (which means baking in past biases).
Unlike the EU's strict AI Act or France's facial recognition ban, post Brexit Britain is going all in with minimal safeguards. Civil liberties groups are already taking the Met to court over privacy violations.
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