This Week's Top Five Stories in Technology
1. ‘White-Collar Bloodbath’: Anthropic Warns of AI Job Losses
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, warns that AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the coming years, with 20% unemployment predicted
Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has issued a stark warning about the impact that AI will have on the job market imminently.
Dario, who leads one of the world's most influential AI companies, is forecasting nothing short of mass unemployment.
“AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years,” he told reporters from his San Francisco office.
If job losses are as severe as the upper bracket of Dario’s prediction suggests, the US would experience its rate of unemployment since the Great Depression.
His warning extends across multiple sectors, with technology, finance, law and consulting particularly vulnerable to automation.
“Most of them are unaware that this is about to happen,” he told Axios recently, referring to workers who remain oblivious to the threat.
“It sounds crazy and people just don't believe it.”
2. Does Google’s Veo 3 Do Enough to Distinguish AI and Reality?
Following the launch of its latest AI-powered video generator Veo 3, Google has decided to add small watermarks to identify output and avoid confusion
Google has introduced visible watermarks to videos generated by its latest AI model, Veo 3, following its release in May.
The tech giant announced the change through Josh Woodward, Vice President of Google Labs and Google Gemini, who confirmed that all Veo 3 videos will now carry a small ‘Veo’ watermark in the bottom right-hand corner.
The watermark appears as pale white text that can be challenging to spot during casual scrolling through social media feeds, but is visible upon close inspection.
The watermark is set to apply to all Veo 3 videos, except those generated using Google's Flow tool by users with a Google AI Ultra plan.
This marker comes in addition to Google's existing SynthID watermark, which is invisibly embedded in all of the company's AI-generated content, helping to unequivocally identify Veo’s handiwork.
Google has also developed a SynthID detector, though this tool is currently only available to early testers and has not yet been released to the general public.
Since its introduction at Google I/O 2025, Veo 3 has attracted significant attention for producing exceptionally realistic videos complete with audio and dialogue.
The AI model has been used to create everything from fantastical scenarios — such as the Loch Ness Monster playing the bagpipes — to more mundane content including mock interviews, influencer advertisements, fake news segments and product unboxing videos.
While trained observers can identify telltale signs of AI generation (such as overly smooth skin textures or warping in the images), people are concerned that casual viewers scrolling through social media may not notice these subtle indicators, especially those who are not digital natives.
3. What Does ChatGPT's Outage Say About Our Dependence on AI?
ChatGPT’s global outage disrupted access for more than 500 million users, raising concerns about AI dependence, human oversight, AI skills and education
While millions across the globe depend on AI tools each day, unexpected service interruptions serve as a stark reminder that AI, at its core, is still a technology — susceptible to occasional breakdowns.
ChatGPT, recognised as the world’s most widely used AI platform, suffered a significant outage, disrupting access for its 500 million users worldwide.
OpenAI, which operates ChatGPT as well as other AI offerings such as image generators and coding assistants, confirmed the incident shortly before 11:30am on Tuesday, 11 June 2025.
“Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed services. We are continuing to investigate this issue,’ the company states on its website status page,” the company reported on its official status page.
The disruption impacted both regular users and those subscribed to ChatGPT Plus, the premium tier that offers enhanced features and priority access during periods of high demand.
4. Disney & Universal Sue Midjourney Over AI Image Generator
Disney & Universal are suing AI firm Midjourney, claiming its image generator creates "innumerable" copies of copyrighted characters from IP like Star Wars
Disney and Universal have launched legal proceedings against Silicon Valley-based AI company Midjourney over allegations that its image generation technology constitutes a "bottomless pit of plagiarism".
The Hollywood studios claim that Midjourney's AI model produces countless unauthorised reproductions of beloved characters spanning from Darth Vader and Frozen's Elsa to the Minions from the Despicable Me series.
The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, represents the latest battleground in the entertainment industry's complex relationship with AI technology.
For years, the conversation around AI in entertainment has focused on actors and writers fighting to protect their likeness and work,” says Elliot Foster, Founder of Growthlistic.
“Now, the studios themselves are drawing a line in the sand, teaming up to defend their iconic characters and IP from being used to train AI models and generate lookalike images without permission.”
5. Behind the Scenes of Meta's 'Secret AGI Taskforce'
Mark Zuckerberg is personally assembling a secret superintelligence group at Meta, recruiting top AI researchers and engineers tasked with achieving AGI
Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building a team of AI specialists to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI), recruiting from researchers and engineers.
As Meta's CEO, he has made recruiting for the confidential new team a priority, referred to internally as a superintelligence group, according to Bloomberg.
He believes Meta can surpass other tech companies in AGI – which represents the concept that machines can perform as effectively as humans across many tasks.
- AGI, or artificial general intelligence, is still just a hypothetical technology. The goal of AGI developers is to create an AI model that has the cognitive abilities of a human, including the human brain's ability to reason, learn, and solve a wide range of tasks. It is distinct from 'narrow AI', which specialises in solving specific tasks. Instead, developers what AGI to be extremely versatile.
Once Meta achieves that milestone, it could incorporate the capability into its range of products, including social media and messaging platforms, its Meta chatbot and AI-powered Ray-Ban glasses.
Meta now plans to hire approximately 50 people for the new team, including a new head of AI research, nearly all of whom he is recruiting directly.
According to reports, the creator of Facebook has already begun reorganising desks at the company's Menlo Park headquarters so the new staff will be seated near him.
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