UseAI glossary
Trigger
The event that kicks off an automation: an email arrives, a form is filled in, it's eight in the morning. Every automated chain starts there, and AI is just one step among many.
In other words
The switch. It doesn't provide the light, but nothing turns on without it.
Alyriaz articles that mention it
- How much is one person worth?
A company loses nearly 20% on the stock market because its boss is leaving. In the age of automation, what is one person still worth?
- 128,000 tech job cuts, and the year isn't over yet
More than 128,000 tech job cuts have been recorded since January 2026, exceeding the total for 2025. We analyse what these figures tell us, and above all what they do not allow us to conclude.
- The jobs AI won't replace, and they're not the ones you'd think
The question of which jobs will survive automation is poorly framed when it pits manual against intellectual work. We propose three more useful criteria for assessing an activity's real exposure, drawing on available data.
- Allianz cuts 1,800 jobs due to AI, and does it the European way
Allianz Partners is set to cut between 1,500 and 1,800 jobs in Europe due to the rollout of AI, following six months of negotiations with employee representatives. We analyse why the insurance sector is particularly exposed, and how the European approach differs from US redundancy plans.
- Google analysed 15 million conversations with its AI: usage is everywhere, but remains surprisingly superficial
Google published its ATLAS study on 23 July 2026, built on 15 million human-AI interactions across 150 countries and 800 occupations. The findings contradict the dominant narrative: adoption is very widespread but very shallow, and fewer than 10% of interactions actually automate a task. We break down the figures and their limitations.
- Meta lays off 8,000 people and rehires for AI: the brutal face of the great workplace replacement
Meta has begun laying off around 8,000 employees, 10% of its workforce, citing efficiency gains enabled by AI, while reassigning 7,000 people to its AI teams. We analyse this move, what it reveals about the transformation of work, and why the narrative of replacement is more complex than it seems.