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Block shares soar as Dorsey leans on AI to trim workforce [Yahoo! Finance]

Evercore Inc. Class A (EVR) 
Last evercore inc. class a earnings: 4/22 06:00 am Check Earnings Report
Company Research Source: Yahoo! Finance
Feb 27 (Reuters) - Block shares soared more than 20% in premarket trading on Friday after it announced it would nearly ?halve its workforce as part of an overhaul to embed artificial ?intelligence tools across its operations. The layoffs are the most visible signs of how the ?U.S. fintech industry is navigating the impact of AI, with its CEO, tech billionaire Jack Dorsey, warning that most companies were "late" to realize the emerging technology's potential. "At its core, it's about how some companies may be run ?going forward – not just ?doomsday headcount reductions, but also enabling higher ROI investments in growth and FCF," analysts at Evercore ISI wrote, referring ?to free cash flow. Accelerating AI adoption is helping companies to cut jobs in divisions most exposed to automation. Economists at Goldman Sachs have estimated ?that AI ?was responsible for job losses amounting ?to a 5,000 to 10,000 ?hit to average monthly job growth in the industries most exposed to it in 202 Show less Read more
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