TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

his first work experience was to help out in his family’s construction firm, where he was tasked with any and all odd jobs relating to admin and more. “Every Friday the workers were paid, so I spent every Thursday collecting time cards in the field.” Hourly’s own birth came out of Sagi’s own experiences.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy posted on X that Grok 3 exhibited sharp reasoning skills and was able to resolve some complex problems. AI labs are only now learning how to scale up the computing power that thinking models use after being presented with a problem. Flash Thinking. Brookings, a D.C.-based

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

But it’s reasonable to say that knowledge workers in particular devote a sizeable chunk of their workdays to sifting through data, whether to find basic contact info or domain-specific files. “This growing problem was not only destroying productivity, but also sapping energy and detracting from the employee experience.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s been built for what Huffman thinks is the future: digital knowledge workers, a term he uses to describe independent tech workers who freelance for different companies or gigs. The early adopters are independent workers who want to work or advise for a product team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

At a product lab called Adept that emerged from stealth today with $65 million in funding, they are — in the founders’ words — “build[ing] general intelligence that enables humans and computers to work together creatively to solve problems.” ” It’s lofty stuff.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 8, 2024

AI enables computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities AI technology can process substantial amounts of data in ways, unlike humans. For example, Kahn foresees that AI will restructure the workforce, making AI “copilots” necessary for every knowledge worker.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

There has been an interesting wave of startups emerging in recent years building out the tech stack used by people working in the front lines and in the field, a shift after years of knowledge workers getting most of the attention from startups building a new generation of apps.

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2021

And while doing that job, I developed a point of view, myself and a few others within the company, that we probably weren’t going to compete well with Netflix in original content because we probably weren’t going to have $17 billion to spend on it. I think it’s a really different problem that we’re each trying to solve.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Our fund targets two primary themes: B2B vertical SaaS and SaaS-enabled businesses/marketplaces, and broadly what we call knowledge worker tools — DevOps, cybersecurity and other typically product-led horizontal applications. In the past, people had to relocate to work at their dream job sacrificing too much personally.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The research team surveyed 319 "knowledge workers" basically, folks who solve problems for work, though definitions vary about their experiences using generative AI products in the workplace. This isn't enormously surprising.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 12, 2025

Our latest research study found that 90% of knowledge workers, people managers, HR, and business executives see learning and career development as personally importantan increase of 13 percentage points since 2021. Thats a problem. Equip and Empower Managers to Lead Through Change Managers are the No.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

Rather than displacing highly skilled professionals, AI is setting the stage for knowledge workers to transition from individual contributors into high-leverage managers, directing teams of AI agents that can execute tasks with breathtaking efficiency. AI agent managers are just one example. So, How Do We Get Ready for This Shift?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 23, 2025

Still, while a four-day workweek can help alleviate certain workplace challenges, it isn’t a viable option in every job or industry. Also, this type of restructuring may have little benefit for shift workers with long hours. There are some types of businesses that simply cannot shut down for a full day each week.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

AI enables computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities AI technology can process substantial amounts of data in ways, unlike humans. For example, Kahn foresees that AI will restructure the workforce, making AI copilots necessary for every knowledge worker.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

But unfortunately, part of my job as an AI safety researcher is to think about the more troubling scenarios. A fraction of workers with form-filler jobs raise the eyebrows of their bosses as they fly through work nearly twice as quickly. But these researchers are working long hours to put themselves out of a job.

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Recode by Vox

APRIL 3, 2025

But how could I give up the many apps Ive become dependent on to do my job and keep up with my family? It feels impossible for some people parents, knowledge workers, Spotify fanatics to live without a smartphone. I have a wife, a baby, and a job that demands knowing whats happening in the world on a daily basis.

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The Verge

APRIL 19, 2022

As the world shut down in March 2020, anxious knowledge workers barricaded themselves at home, scrubbing produce with soap. But once they left the principal’s office, his dad leaned down and said, “Good job. Illustrations by Emily Lopez for The Verge. That was all he needed to hear. Kaplan didn’t know what to believe.

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