Pivot News AI Briefing — Jul 27, 2026

Hosts: James & Maya In this episode: • Welcome to the Pivot 5 daily briefing. Hi, I'm James. Today we're tracking a tech sector spending big on artificial intelligence while shedding tens o... • Hi, I'm Maya. Let's start with those job cuts. American tech companies eliminated close to 140,000 jobs in 2026, according to corporate filings and an... • That's more than a third of all announced U.S. layoffs this year, and it lines up with record spending on AI projects. So the headcount is falling whi... • The consequence is a major reallocation of capital. Firms are trading salaried roles for expensive AI infrastructure and talent, betting the tooling c... • Someone installed an AI agent on a rented server, turned off the permission setting, and pointed it at Thailand's Ministry of Finance, which runs the ... Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.