AI Reshaping Young Minds Before They Hit the Workforce

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s memo warns employees that AI will reduce headcount in some roles while creating demand for new skills. His message has ignited fresh concern over how quickly workplace functions may shift.

The Wall Street Journal opinion piece notes that past innovations like the printing press erased certain jobs yet spawned many others. It argues the deeper problem is “cognitive offloading,” where people lean on AI instead of developing their own reasoning abilities.

The author states that a generation raised on AI shortcuts could enter the workforce lacking creativity and critical-thinking skills. He positions human intellect—not job displacement—as the decisive risk in the AI transition.

The venture firm Andreessen Horowitz led a $15 million funding round for AI startup Cluely Inc. The company is known online for its slogan “cheat on everything” and viral marketing stunts.

Cluely was co-founded by 21-year-old Roy Lee, who was expelled from Columbia University earlier this year. Lee was kicked out after creating Interview Coder, an AI tool that helped job applicants cheat during technical interviews.

The deal puts a marquee investor behind a founder publicly tied to academic misconduct. It demonstrates that reputational controversy is not stopping top-tier capital from flowing into attention-grabbing AI ventures.

Peter Schwartz, Salesforce’s chief futures officer, said the company must reinvent itself to survive the breakneck shift to artificial intelligence. He stated that failing to adapt could drive the enterprise-software leader out of business.

Salesforce Ventures already has about $1 billion committed exclusively to AI startups. Schwartz described the investment as part of the company’s response to AI’s “unprecedented” pace of change.

A top executive framing AI as an existential threat shows even market leaders feel newly vulnerable. The $1 billion commitment underscores how aggressively Salesforce is funding external innovation to protect its core business.

Boston startup Neurable has launched the MW75 Neuro brainwave-reading headphones that use built-in EEG sensors and AI to translate brain activity into data displayed in an app. The device is available today.

Shrinking clinical EEG tech into an ear-cup took a decade of research and data from roughly 7,000 people, according to co-founder Ramses Alcaide. The system tracks brainwaves to flag distraction and fatigue, rewarding users with “focus points” and prompting breaks to sustain productivity.

The headphones are already deployed at Dubai’s Healthspan Digital clinic to assess clients’ cognitive health and spot early signs of neurodegenerative disease. Their arrival signals non-invasive brain-computer interfaces moving to mainstream healthcare, forcing companies like Neurable to address strict data-privacy standards such as GDPR and HIPAA.

The study from the University of Georgia analyzed 50 national AI strategies through six workforce and education indicators. It found only 13 countries give high priority to upskilling their current workers and integrating AI education in schools, with Europe dominating the list alongside Mexico and Australia.

The United States falls into the medium-priority group, publishing less detailed training plans than the top performers. Across the sample, most nations plan to expand university AI programs and on-the-job training, yet few target vulnerable populations or highlight irreplaceable soft skills like creativity and communication.

The researchers link Europe’s higher scores to stronger training resources and cultures of lifelong learning. Given earlier findings that almost half of today’s jobs could vanish in 20 years, the uneven global approach leaves large portions of the workforce exposed to AI-driven job loss.