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The week when AI changed everything<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-28 03:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Block, the company behind apps like Square and Cash App, announced it would lay off nearly half of its workforce, citing artificial intelligence for the move and spurring concerns that other companies will follow suit. – Koshiro K\/Alamy<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been talking about AI changing the world for a long time. But this week felt different \u2014 as if it were right in the middle of something big.<\/p>\n

The stock market tumbled \u2014 three separate days \u2014 because of investors\u2019 both bearish and bullish fears about AI, including Nvidia\u2019s somewhat tepid outlook and a viral blog post that imagined a hypothetical scenario in which white-collar work evaporated.<\/p>\n

Anthropic unveiled new tools that could upend the way people do work. Then Anthropic entered into an epic battle over red lines with the Pentagon that risked making the AI company a pariah. At the same time, the company loosened its safety policy as the AI market continues to charge ahead.<\/p>\n

And then there was Block, which laid off 4,000 people \u2014 nearly half of its staff \u2014 because of AI. The company\u2019s CEO predicted that other companies were about to do the same.<\/p>\n

What a week, indeed. Here\u2019s how it unfolded.<\/p>\n

Investor fears<\/h3>\n

The Dow tumbled more than 800 points on Monday, in large part because of a Substack post from Citrini Research that laid out hypothetical scenarios for how developments in AI could disrupt certain parts of the economy, including AI agents making white-collar work superfluous.<\/p>\n

The post, which was published last Sunday, specifically said it was not meant to be predictive. It was a work of fiction.<\/p>\n

And yet stocks for companies mentioned in the report \u2014 like DoorDash and American Express \u2014 tumbled on Monday.<\/p>\n

Tech stocks tumbled again on Thursday after leading chipmaker Nvidia released its earnings. Although the company\u2019s profit nearly doubled in the fourth quarter and sales reached an all-time high, Wall Street seemed disappointed by its somewhat lackluster outlook. It fueled AI bubble concerns \u2014 that massive…<\/p>\n

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