ServiceNow’s AI Passport Gives Every Agent a Signed Identity and a Dimmer Switch

Announced October 15, the credential defines what an agent may do, with graduated responses from pause to deactivation.
Amazon Cuts Jobs in Its Artificial General Intelligence Unit

CNBC’s July 22 report shows reductions reaching even the teams building the technology.
‘AI-Washing’ and ‘Forever Layoffs’: Why Companies Keep Cutting Even as Profits Rise

Fortune’s February analysis argues some cuts are labeled as AI-driven for narrative reasons.
Mercer: Executives Expect AI to Cut Headcount, and Only 44% of Employees Say They Are Thriving

TechSpot’s summary of Mercer’s survey of 825 C-suite leaders points to a widening gap between management and staff.
AI Was Cited for Only 4.5% of 2025 Job Cuts, Challenger Data Show

The 55,000 AI-attributed cuts were a small share of 1.2 million announced, though the share has risen in 2026.
Meta and Microsoft Cut About 20,000 Jobs, Raising Fears of an AI Labor Crisis

CNBC’s April report linked the announcements to concern that AI-driven job losses had arrived.
Can Satya Nadella Reinvent Microsoft Again in the AI Era?

CNBC’s October 5 profile frames the CEO’s task as Microsoft rebuilds Windows around agents.
Hachette’s David Shelley Says AI Shortcuts Are Creating a ‘Worse C-Suite’

The publisher’s CEO writes his own emails and warns of a growing gap between leaders’ written and real selves.
Microsoft Science President Peter Lee to Join Mercedes F1 as an AI Advisor

Fortune’s exclusive adds another senior name to Microsoft’s list of departures.
Microsoft’s Year of Departures Reshapes Its Senior Bench

Gaming, Office, security, developer tools and LinkedIn leaders have all changed in 2026.
