AI-first

English Etymology Keeping with older en mobile-first, en cloud-first, etc. Adjective - en AI business Prioritizing the use of artificial intelligence (over human labor). en-GB Joanna Goodman w:Sundar Pichai Say one sentence and it’s done in the AI-first world The Guardian 2016-05-20 https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/may/20/say-one-sentence-and-its-done-in-the-ai-first-world 0261-3077 Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Alphabet’s Q1 earnings call: “In the long run, we will evolve in computing from a mobile-first to an AI-first world”. en https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/gsa-chat-doge-ai/681987/ DOGE’s Plans to Replace Humans With AI Are Already Under Way The Atlantic 2025-03-10 2025-06-02 Matteo Wong GSA’s IT division, said at an all-hands meeting last month that the agency is pushing for an “AI-first strategy.” en Shopify, Duolingo Workers Face a New Gen AI Reality at Work. Is Your Job Next? w:CNET https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-duolingo-workers-face-a-new-gen-ai-reality-at-work-is-your-job-next/ April 29, 2025 Jon Reed Shopify is one company emphasizing gen AI in the workplace, but it isn't the only one. Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn told employees in an all-hands email shared on LinkedIn that the language-learning company is going "AI-first." Hiring decisions (including for contractors) will be decided in part based on whether AI can do that work. https://web.archive.org/web/20250729135202/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-duolingo-workers-face-a-new-gen-ai-reality-at-work-is-your-job-next/ 29 July 2025 weekend 2025-05-24 The great AI jobs disruption is under way The FT View 8 In April Duolingo, the language training app, said that it would go “AI-first”. That, in part, means only adding headcount if a team cannot automate more of its work. en-US Eli Tan;Kalley Huang; Mike Isaac Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, as A.I. Casualties Mount The New York Times 2026-05-19 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/technology/meta-layoffs-ai.html 0362-4331 Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company. See also en AI-native