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Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce
Leading today: Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce. Also in this issue: A woman was arrested in Philly for blocking a delivery robot; Anthropic has nearly stopped hiring junior staff because AI agents now work six times as many hours. 16 stories in total, selected automatically from 33 candidates across the day's feeds.
| 1 | techcrunch.com Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforceThe filing also says that the “vast majority” of Character.AI employees who were offered jobs at Disney accepted them. However, this is a stalking horse bid, so another company could come forward with a higher offer. |
| 2 | theverge.com A woman was arrested in Philly for blocking a delivery robotCarolyn Marvin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after blocking the path of an Uber delivery robot and refusing to get out of the way. |
| 3 | the-decoder.com Anthropic has nearly stopped hiring junior staff because AI agents now work six times as many hoursAnthropic is hiring fewer and fewer junior staff in technical roles. The share of junior positions among new hires dropped from 27 to 9 percent since early 2025. |
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