Apple surrenders to Gemini, AI tops layoff reasons for the third month: the fortnight that closed an era
EXECUTIVE VIEW
Weekly observatory, week ending June 8, 2026 — Apple-Google deal (confirmed Jan 12, 2026): a 1.2T Gemini for Siri at ~$1B/year; consumer launch expected at the WWDC keynote scheduled for the evening of June 8. Challenger reports 97,006 May cuts, 40% AI-attributed — third consecutive record
The New Deal for Intelligence: AI, Jobs and the Race Against Disruption
EXECUTIVE VIEW
45,000 tech jobs lost in March, Sam Altman proposes a “New Deal” for superintelligence, and the Anthropic-Pentagon case reaches the courts. AI is no longer disrupting work in theory — it is doing so in real time. April 2026 edition.