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🗞️Diversity and inclusion news🗞️ |
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💼 Mind the (AI) gap🤖
Generative AI isn’t just changing what jobs look like—it’s deepening who gets to have them. According to fresh WEF and LinkedIn data, women are getting hit from both sides of the AI revolution. They’re underrepresented in roles being augmented (like engineering), and overrepresented in jobs being disrupted (like admin support). In the US, 34% of women are in at-risk roles vs just 26% of men. Globally, this pattern holds in 95% of countries😰
The gap starts early: women make up 38.5% of STEM grads but only 31.6% of STEM job entrants—and by the time you reach the C-suite? Just 12.2%📉
AI tools are already being used to make hiring decisions. If those tools learn from historical bias, they’ll just replicate it. But if we design them to focus on skills and potential? They could help fix what’s broken🤔
There’s some good news: women’s AI skill-building is on the rise, growing from 23.5% of LinkedIn AI engineers in 2018 to nearly 30% in 2025. East Asian countries are also making strides in female inventorship—women made up 26.8% of Chinese inventors in 2019, compared to just 13% in the EU.
But make no mistake: if we don’t intervene now—through upskilling, inclusive tech design, and debiased hiring—we’ll end up coding inequality into the future of work.
Read more on it here |
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🧠Things that make you go hmmm🧠 |
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📉 Search is down📉
This week, Google found out what it feels like to be... Googled (The folks at Bing are surely laughing)😅.
In a plot twist that would make even the most hardened Silicon Valley exec wince, Apple's Eddy Cue casually dropped a bomb during Google’s antitrust trial: searches on Safari have fallen — for the first time in 22 years. And the culprit? Generative AI. 😬
According to Cue, AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini are eating into Google’s search lunch, and Apple’s now “actively looking at” integrating more AI-powered search options into Safari. So while Google pays Apple a cool $20 billion a year to be the browser’s default search engine, AI is seemingly gatecrashing the party... for free (and may people will rejoice)💸.
Markets responded with the subtlety of a well done from Kemi Badenoch: Alphabet’s stock tumbled 7.3%, wiping $150 billion off its value. Meanwhile, Apple shed a modest 1.1% — apparently even tech giants can’t ghost Google without a little financial guilt💰
It doesn't just stop there however. Google insists everything’s fine, that people are still searching like it’s 2010, but it doesn't appear the markets are buying it. As DA Davidson’s (An Advertiser) Gil Luria put it, “The loss of exclusivity at Apple should have very severe consequences.” Translation: if Google isn’t the only game in town, advertisers might actually shop around😱
In the meantime, Google is trying to AI its way out of the corner with Gemini, “AI mode” search pages, and something called AI Overviews (a.k.a. giving you an answer before you even finish typing). But with Apple mulling over adding OpenAI and Perplexity as built-in options, and AI-native search tools pulling over a billion queries a week, the vibes are definitely shifting🔍
💡 So What?
The long-standing Google-Apple deal has underpinned Google’s advertising empire for years — and that $20B handshake may be approaching its expiry date. If Apple decides it no longer needs Google to power Safari’s search, it’s not just Google’s margins that’ll take a hit — it’s the entire ecosystem of businesses, media outlets, and advertisers built around its dominance. And if AI-native tools keep rising? Search, as we know it, might never look the same again.
Big Tech’s frenemy breakup era looks to have started. 🥂💔
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👈AI is coming for you👉🏾
If you’re sitting comfortably at work thinking AI won’t touch your job, we’ve got bad news🤔
This week, CEOs across tech gave us what could almost be described as a TED Talk titled: “AI is coming for your job (and mine, maybe).”🤖
Duolingo’s CEO Luis von Ahn announced in an internal email (which he then graciously posted on LinkedIn for all to see) that the company is going “AI-first.” What does that mean? In short:
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Contractors will be phased out “gradually” (which is corporate for “quickly, but with some eye contact”).
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AI usage will be considered in hiring and performance reviews.
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New hires will only happen when AI definitely can’t do the job.
It’s giving: “We’re not firing people; we’re just not hiring them anymore.”😅
Apparently, it’s all about “freeing employees up to focus on creative work.” But in practice? It’s about productivity gains without the added payroll line. (To be fair, Duolingo’s app is more fluent than most of us at this point.🦉
Shopify’s Tobi Lütke now requires teams to justify hiring a human by proving AI can’t do the task. Fiverr’s Micha Kaufman took it further, emailing his 775 employees that AI is “coming for you and maybe him,” no matter your job title👀
His advice?
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Learn AI tools or prepare to “face a career change in months.”
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Master prompting or risk being as useful as Clippy.
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And—our personal favourite—“scream in front of a mirror if it helps.” < Yes he actually said that
Inspirational stuff🙃
Meanwhile, Remember when schools freaked out and banned ChatGPT? Yeah, they’re now walking that back faster than you can say “essay generator.”
Educators are:
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Using AI for lesson plans and content summaries.
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Teaching students how to critique ChatGPT’s answers for bias and quality.
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Rethinking the point of assignments entirely. (Why have students regurgitate facts when the chatbot can do that in 0.2 seconds?)
The new vibe? Teachers as facilitators. AI as co-pilot. Students as... prompt engineers?👨🏾🏫
But while AI might transform classrooms, it’s also threatening to hollow out lower-paid education jobs — assistants, tutors, and early-career roles might not survive the great GPTification💻.
Talking about low paid jobs, Vulcan: Amazon’s warehouse robot now has a sense of touch. Vulcan — a robot hand that can feel what it’s picking up using AI-powered sensors unlike previous arms that relied on suction and prayer. According to Amazon Vulcan handles 75% of warehouse inventory and works 20-hour shifts🤖
CEO: “It won’t replace humans.”
Reality: 🧍🏻♀️📦🦾(Yet)
Sure, Amazon says Vulcan will help reduce worker injuries and create “higher-skilled roles,” but those new roles (robot repair techs, system operators, etc.) are fewer, more specialised, and—let’s be honest—not always better paid. For most warehouse workers, the future looks... more fenced-off.
Oh, and Amazon still has 350,000 workers in training to upskill. A nice touch, but also a quiet admission: automation is here, and you better learn to code or code the robot that took your job🤖
📚 A new Nature study looked at 50+ experiments and found ChatGPT doesn’t just sound smart—it actually helps students learn better. It boosted performance, improved how students feel about learning, and even helped with deeper thinking skills. But the impact was biggest when it was used regularly over a few weeks, especially in STEM subjects or hands-on learning. That’s a game changer—especially as bots like Amazon’s new “Vulcan” are now doing the warehouse jobs humans used to📦.
If the tech’s this good at upskilling fast, where does that leave the traditional education-to-work conveyor belt? Are we preparing enough people for the more complex, higher-skilled jobs tech is creating—especially as Vulcan the Amazon bot handles 75% of warehouse items and runs 20 hours a day without needing a lunch break? We’re sprinting toward a future where "low-skilled" work is automated—but the pipeline for “high-skilled” talent hasn’t caught up. The risk? Not just job displacement, but a deepening opportunity gap🧐
💡 So What?
Tech isn’t just "eating" jobs—it’s redefining them. The easy stuff’s gone. The hard stuff? Getting easier. The new “hard” is difficult (for now) as its been put
Whether you’re a student, a contractor, or a warehouse worker, the message is the same: learn AI or get left behind.(Watch out for some Colorintech programming on this)
But here’s the kicker—these new “high-skilled” jobs? They’re fewer. They’re more demanding. And there’s no guarantee they’ll be filled by the same people being displaced. If you’re not already in, the ladder just got taller, slipperier, and probably password-protected.
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🤳🏾Friendship as a service🤖
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have more friends — whether you like it or not. And if your current mates aren’t cutting it (or don't exist), don’t worry: Meta’s AI personas are here to fill that social void😅. That’s right, the man who brought you FarmVille, misinformation, and the Metaverse now believes AI “buddies” will help close the friendship gap🤔
Because apparently 3 friends (Thats the US average according to him) isn’t enough — we’re all secretly yearning for 15?🫂
Meta’s latest pitch? That AI friends are always there, always polite, and always selling you something. Probably also with a hint of reinforcing exactly what you want to hear (because 10 years of the internet have taught us that's a recipe for success🙃)
With nearly a billion people already engaging with Meta AI across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, the company is doubling down on synthetic companionship. Critics, however, are asking if this is just a lonely future in disguise, one where you're hugging your phone while Zuck monetizes your fake bestie🤳🏾
Psychologists are unimpressed. No network, no hugs, no human complexity. AI isn’t your mate — it’s a marketing funnel with a smile😬
💡 So What?
This isn’t just about friendship. It’s about attention, data, and — you guessed it — ads. If Meta’s AI pal knows all your secrets, it’s also perfectly placed to recommend the right therapy app, election candidate, or branded hoodie. Friendship-as-a-service might just be the most dystopian pivot yet. And yet, we’re all one bad group chat away from giving it a go. |
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💸Give it all way💸
Bill Gates — billionaire, nerd overlord, and frequent flyer in your uncle's WhatsApp conspiracy threads — has officially announced he’s giving it (almost) all away. That’s right: the Microsoft co-founder and malaria-fighter-in-chief says he’ll spend 99% of his $107B fortune and shut down the Gates Foundation by 2045.
Why? Because, as Gates puts it, “the man who dies rich dies disgraced.” (Tell that to your average crypto bro.)
💸 Let’s Talk Numbers
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🧾 $200B in spending planned over the next 20 years
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⏳ Gates Foundation to sunset by December 31, 2045
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🧬 Billions targeted for health equity, vaccines, AI-for-good, and fighting diseases like malaria, HIV, and TB
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🎓 US education remains a focus (yes, even though there's no vaccine for bad math scores yet)
🧐 But What’s Really Going On?
Cue the YouTube theorists! We’re already bracing for:
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“Why does the Gates Foundation end exactly one year before the aliens land?”
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“Is he trying to bankrupt Big Pharma by helping people?”
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“What’s he really hiding in those vaccine microchips, huh?”
To be clear: if Bill was planning to take over the world via mosquitoes and textbooks, he’s doing a pretty slow job of it.
But real talk — the guy read The Gospel of Wealth, took it literally, and said, “hold my checkbook.”🤣
Why does this matter?
At a time when DEI programs are under siege, foreign aid budgets are shrinking faster than Musk’s Twitter goodwill, and billionaires are building bunkers in New Zealand — Gates is going long on global solidarity🌎
And not just performatively. He’s pledging to end preventable child deaths, eradicate malaria, boost education equity, and support smallholder farmers — all while calling out the hypocrisy of wealthy nations slashing aid.💉
And we’ll say it louder for the folks in the back: no philanthropic org, even one with Billions-with-a-capital-B, can replace government funding. We need both💸
In the end nothing really matters?
Bill Gates is going full Carnegie-core, skipping the usual retirement arc, and putting his money where his global health blog is. Whether you're inspired, cynical, or somewhere in between — the man’s not taking it with him. So let’s make sure we all push for that better world before the clock runs out.
📆 Tick tock, tech bros. Philanthro-pocalypse is coming… and it’s trying to save us all.
💡 So What?
At a time when most billionaires are focused on yachts, space tourism, or building AI that may or may not accidentally end humanity, Gates is betting big on legacy by impact — not influence. The real kicker? He’s trying to outpace global crises with a countdown clock on his wealth. |
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📈 The tools behind the tech📉
📦Product📦
📏Design📏
👩🏿💻Code👩🏿💻
🏢The business behind the tech🏢
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🌐Partner Events & Opportunties 🌐 |
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🇩🇪New In-Person Networking Event in Berlin with Netflix🍿
Lights, Camera, ACTION! On June 3rd, Netflix is teaming up for round two with Colorintech to host an exclusive in-person networking event focusing on hiring in:
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Media / Ad Sales (6+ years experience);
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Advertising Account Management (3+ years experience);
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Measurement Specialists (3+ years experience);
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Brand Partnership Marketing (5+ years experience).
This is your opportunity to meet and network with the fantastic team at Netflix including the recruitment team who are happy to answer your questions, whilst enjoying some tasty food and drink.
Check out the key details below:
Date: Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Where: Berlin, Germany.
As this event has limited spaces, we'll need you to register your interest to attend using our application form below:
https://form.typeform.com/to/YJa7CbzA
After applying, Catherine will reach out to you if Netflix have chosen you to attend the event and will provide you with the next steps!
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New AI Practical Event for Founders
Following our successful Investment Insights event, we're launching our next founders event on using AI to positively impact and scale your business with Google Cloud!
Similarly to fundraising insights, our community survey told us that growth and using tech solutions like AI scored highly (15.91%) as a topic for support. So, with that in mind, we've put together an interactive event which has three key parts:
A short panel discussion on how exceptional founders André Skepple and Elaf Deyab are currently using AI to growth theirs (and others) businesses;
An activity where you'll be working with other founders to come up with ways to use AI to solve the challenges you're all facing;
Network with the Google Cloud team about the benefits they can offer to startups.
Key Details:
Date: 28th May 2025
Time: 17:00 - 20:30 BST
Location: Google Cloud - London Office
Sign Up Link: https://lu.ma/Ignite-AI-Tools
If you're a founder interested in finding out how AI tools can be used to help drive growth in their startups, then be sure to get a ticket and come along!
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Roles at ARM
Staff Firmware Engineer
Arm Neoverse is the foundation for the next era of digital infrastructure. This role provides an outstanding opportunity to develop and contribute to the success of Arm Neoverse CSS based solutions.
Edge AI Ecosystem Lead
Arm has revolutionised multiple industries and is now defining the future of AI on edge computing. The IoT Line of Business is rapidly moving inference from being a cloud centric compute, to a distributed local computing experience with all the benefits of reduced latency, privacy and cost this change will deliver.
AI System Architect
This is an opportunity for an experienced application developer to have broader impact, significantly influencing an AI platform that is used by billions of people every day, in every major cloud and the vast majority of smartphones.
Community Coordinator (12 Month FTC)This role will support the Software Communities organisation. The ideal candidate will bring strong detail oriented, execution and organisational skills to help drive the impact of Arm in the Software community.
Deskside Support EngineerThe deskside engineering team is responsible for all support requests that cannot be fulfilled by our service desk or remote support teams, from new user device orientation to support of sophisticated desktop issues. This includes covering our Cambridge Office Tech Hub on a rota basis.
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🎓Our latest partnership🎓
Colorintech is excited to announce its new partnership with the Government Digital Service (GDS), the leaders of the Government Digital and Data profession in the UK government. GDS plays a vital role in transforming public services, setting digital strategy, and ensuring services are user-centred, efficient, and accessible to all.
This partnership aligns with the UK government’s Blueprint for Modern Digital Government, which sets out a vision for a more connected, innovative, and resilient digital public sector. By working together, Colortech and GDS will focus on building a diverse and highly skilled digital workforce, ensuring that government services are shaped by talent that reflects the communities they serve.
Roles to check out
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🙌🏾The latest from the Colorintech team🙌🏾 |
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