{
  "id": 194151,
  "title": "Block slashed 40% of its workforce for AI — and its earnings suggest that’s paying off",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/block-slashed-40-of-its-workforce-for-ai-and-its-earnings-suggest",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-05T22:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch",
    "slug": "marketwatch",
    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/block-slashed-40-of-its-workforce-for-ai-and-earnings-suggest-thats-paying-off-852b7c54?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“We can ship higher-quality products much, much more quickly,” an executive said in the wake of the company’s better-than-expected earnings report",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}