February 23-March 1, 2026:
• Creating an employment pathway for the justice-involved: Orijin Acquires Honest Jobs;
• Fingering the fly in the ointment: ‘Silent failure at scale’ – the real AI risk to business;
• Predicting the future or jumping the gun: Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI;
• Making technology as redundant as workers: AI shift sparks trillion‑dollar SaaS sell‑off;
• Limiting patents to human creations: US Supreme Court declines to hear case on AI copyrights.
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• TAtech Europe 2026 – Take advantage of TAtech’s unique business-building formula for talent tech companies, ATS and job boards: Content that provides a clear picture of the Market and Buyer, the competitive landscape and new product innovations; and Connections that provide the opportunity for partnerships, product integrations, marketing joint ventures and more! September 8-9 in Amsterdam. Seating is very limited, so register right now!
Orijin, a national leader in correctional education and workforce development technology, today announced the acquisition of Honest Jobs, a national fair-chance employment platform connecting formerly incarcerated individuals with job opportunities and reentry resources.
As the business world comes to grips with artificial intelligence, the biggest risk may be one where those running the economy can’t possibly stay ahead. As AI systems become more complex, humans aren’t able to fully understand, predict, or control them. That inability to understand at a fundamental level where AI models are going in the coming years makes it harder for organizations deploying AI to anticipate risks and apply guardrails.
Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks most companies will follow suit in the near future.
Rapid advances in AI are prompting companies to replace traditional SaaS tools with custom-built AI systems, undermining the per-seat pricing model that fueled the sector’s growth. This shift has triggered a massive market sell-off, wiping nearly $1 trillion from SaaS giants’ valuations and stalling IPO plans.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning away a case involving a computer scientist from Missouri who was denied a copyright for a piece of visual art made by his AI system. Plaintiff Stephen Thaler had appealed to the justices after lower courts upheld a U.S. Copyright Office decision that the AI-crafted visual art at issue in the case was ineligible for copyright protection because it did not have a human creator.
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