🧠 Companies Reverse AI Layoffs

Ford hired or promoted 350 engineers after finding that neural networks could not handle the work. Klarna is hiring support staff again because its reliance on chatbots went too far.

AI still needs people to monitor it, read emotions, and judge how serious a problem is. When employees return, they ask for higher pay and guarantees, while the invisible work lost with them turns out to have mattered.

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🤖 Anthropic drops the numbers from plans

Anthropic’s paid plans have new names. Max 5x for $100 is now Max, while Max 20x for $200 is Ultra. The subscriptions product lead says the new names should be more informative.

The old numbers referred to usage limits, but not in the same way for every limit. Max 20x had a 20x five-hour limit and a weekly limit set at 10x Pro, which led some new users to read the name incorrectly.

For verified Ultra accounts, the five-hour limit is being removed. Sessions can continue without interruption, with only weekly limits remaining. The change follows complaints about the mismatch between plan names and actual limits.

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🎥 Dexter: Resurrection Returns for Season 2

The first episode of the 10-episode season is already available on “free” streaming sites.

Dexter hunts 2 killers in New York while trying to keep his family together. Quinn and Dexter’s father Henry return. Uma Thurman and Kristina Ritter are also expected. The finale airs January 1.

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