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🗞️Diversity and inclusion news🗞️ |
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💼PwC Cuts 200 Entry-Level Jobs💼
In 2025, launching a career feels like trying to board a plane that never lands. PwC’s UK chief, Marco Amitrano, has admitted it outright: graduate hiring is “under pressure,” and the firm is cutting 200 entry-level roles while taking a “watch and wait” approach to see how AI reshapes work (AOL, 8 Sept 2025). In other words: fewer humans now, maybe more later… maybe not🤔
AI is supposed to be the miracle tool of the corporate future, yet MIT reports that 95% of AI pilots fail. So, while the tech promises productivity gains, companies like PwC are hedging bets, quietly trimming graduate intakes from 1,500 to 1,300 this year, and reportedly planning further US cuts over the next three years (Fortune, 8 Sept 2025)👀
For Gen Z, the message is clear: degrees don’t automatically open doors anymore. Entry-level roles are shrinking, global markets remain volatile, and AI is now the official excuse for shrinking opportunities. Meanwhile, other giants are following suit—Amazon is eyeing workforce reductions, Salesforce has cut 4,000 roles, and Klarna had to rehire humans after AI went too far.😅
PwC calls it “watching and waiting.” Graduates call it watching opportunities evaporate. And AI? Still failing spectacularly, but hey, at least it looks impressive in a PowerPoint.
Read more: AOL |
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🤖Liz Kendall Takes the Helm at DSIT—After a Clean Sweep of Its Leadership🤖
The UK government says it’s serious about tech. So serious, in fact, that it just removed almost everyone in charge of it. Liz Kendall, ex-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, now heads the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), replacing Peter Kyle, who has moved to Business and Trade.👋
In one fell swoop, four ministers—including Baroness Maggie Jones (Digital Economy & Online Safety) and Feryal Clark (AI & Digital Government)—have departed.
Only Lord Patrick Vallance survives, clinging to his science brief like the last kid in dodgeball. Junior posts are filled by Ian Murray and Kanishka Narayan, leaving Kendall with a department barely recognizable from last week.😐
Kendall’s expertise lies in politics rather than technology, yet she arrives with boundless optimism:
“I really believe this department can help build the future for people in every part of the country, no matter what their background.”
She’ll need that optimism: DSIT now has to push the government’s digital transformation, enforce stricter online safety rules for adults, and somehow pretend that a department decimated overnight is “ready for AI.”
To add to that her immediate tasks include selling the online safety act and fighting for digital taxation —because nothing says “tech-savvy government” like using all your substitutes before half time😑
Meanwhile, departing Clark reflected on her accomplishments: the Local Government Digital and AI Unit, the AI Opportunities Action Plan, and the Spärck AI Scholarships—foundations for the UK’s AI future now handed off to a nearly brand-new ministerial team💼
One thing’s clear: if the government wants to be taken seriously in tech, it has a very unusual way of showing it.
Read more: Computing.co.uk | PublicTechnology |
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🧠Things that make you go hmmm🧠 |
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💻OpenAi comes after Linkedin📲
OpenAI is building its own AI-driven jobs platform. Yes, the very company that gave us ChatGPT now wants to match people to jobs—potentially stepping on the toes of Microsoft’s LinkedIn, the corporate world’s beloved resume landfill💸
According to CNBC, Fidji Simo, CEO of OpenAI Applications, teased that this platform isn’t just for Fortune 500s hunting top talent. Local businesses and even local governments can join the party, tapping AI to find candidates who, presumably, know their prompt engineering from their elbow. No word yet on whether it comes with a feature that automatically rejects your boss’s nephew😅
And because OpenAI can’t resist doing everything in one ecosystem, it’s also rolling out a certification program under the “OpenAI Academy” banner. Think LinkedIn Learning meets Study Mode on steroids: workers get graded by ChatGPT itself, questioning, hinting, and nudging them toward AI fluency. Walmart is already on board, and the target is… ten million Americans certified by 2030. Ambitious? Sure. Slightly dystopian? Possibly.😯
(CNBC)
📉 So what?
This move underscores a striking paradox: while AI is famously blamed for job cuts (just ask Salesforce’s latest layoff tally), OpenAI is simultaneously positioning itself as the gatekeeper of AI careers. Control the talent pipeline, control the narrative, and maybe, just maybe, control the resume world. Microsoft might want to check its filings—or hire a few ChatGPT tutors.
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💰$1tbn pay packet💰
Elon Musk is at it again, and this time the filings read like a mashup of corporate soap opera, accounting thriller, and your favourite guilty pleasure reality show. Tesla’s 2024-25 numbers reveal a pattern that’s equal parts eyebrow-raising and oddly entertaining.😪
Take advertising, for instance. In 2024, Tesla spent a whopping $400k on X ads—yes, the very platform Musk owns. Fast forward to the first two months of 2025, and they’ve shelled out a paltry $10k, which if continued, would put annual spend at $60k. It’s almost as if advertising is a chore Musk tolerates only when shareholder pressure mounts. Perhaps it turns out that X isn't great for advertising. Or Perhaps a right wing cess pit of conspiracy isn't where you'll likely find folks who care about Electric vehicles🚙
Meanwhile, Google Ads are still running strong, with 700+ active campaigns, suggesting that Tesla prefers someone else’s ecosystem for its marketing flex.
Then there’s the question of internal spending that reads like a Musk-family Monopoly board. Tesla paid SpaceX $800k in 2024 to use the company’s private jet, only $40k so far this year, and splurged $2.8m on Musk’s security firm, down to $500k in early 2025. Kimbal Musk (Elon's Brother) got a $300k payday for a drone show at Tesla’s “We, Robot” event. In short, Tesla cash seems to be touring the Musk ecosystem, with family and Musk-owned companies conveniently along for the ride💷
And if that wasn’t enough, the filings reveal the xAI subplot. Last year, xAI paid Tesla $198.3m for Megapacks used at its Tennessee data centre, with another $36.8m in early 2025. Now shareholders are being asked whether Tesla should invest directly in Musk’s AI startup, xAI, while the board sits on the fence. The logic, according to proponents, is that aligning Tesla with xAI will turbocharge its AI ambitions, from Full Self-Driving to humanoid robots. Critics, however, can’t help but notice the side effect: it’s another chunk of Tesla’s cash moving sideways into Musk’s orbit.🚀
This all dovetails neatly into Musk’s proposed pay package—a mind-boggling plan that could hand him $1tn over 10 years if Tesla hits an $8tn market cap, sells millions of AI robots and cars, and deploys humanoid bots like coffee machines on every street corner. All while EV sales stumble and robotaxi dreams remain aspirational, Musk argues he needs more control at Tesla to drive the AI agenda, not a distraction from running yet another Musk venture. Analysts call it “beggars belief,” and yes, the optics are, at best, eyebrow-raising.💰
(TechCrunch 1, TechCrunch 2, BBC)
📉 So what?
Maybe money is a motivator, we suspect changing the world is the bigger one
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🎥OpenAI Is Building Its Own AI Chips—Because Relying on Nvidia Is So 2025🎥
In a move that screams “we’re serious about AI infrastructure,” OpenAI is mass-producing its own AI chips with Broadcom starting next year.The goal? Keep up with ravenous demand for GPT‑5 compute and finally loosen the grip Nvidia has on its hardware diet.🖥️
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan teased a mystery customer committing $10bn in orders—FT confirms that customer is indeed OpenAI. Shares jumped 9.4% immediately. Apparently, saying nothing and letting the market guess works wonders for your market cap📈
OpenAI joins the club of tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Meta, all of whom realised a few years ago that if you want AI to scale, you build the chips yourself. These won’t hit the consumer market—OpenAI just wants them to run ChatGPT, train models, and fuel AI ambitions internally🤖
Sam Altman has been blunt about the compute crunch. With GPT‑5 demanding more hardware than a small country, doubling their compute fleet in the next five months is less “nice-to-have” and more “survival strategy.”😏
🧠So what?
OpenAI’s chip gambit shows how AI isn’t just a software race—it’s a silicon arms race. And if you thought owning the model was enough, think again. Now you need the chips too.
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🧠BTF Deep dive🧠
Here's what to expect: (BTF agenda, BTF speakers)
3 stages, 150+ speakers
Teams from Citi, Just Eat, EA, BBC, Tesco, Apple and many more onsite looking to meet candidates for multiple roles in product, data, AI, engineering and more.
Workshops hosted by Global Tech Leaders
Work room for when you need to take calls or meetings
Curated networking
Food yard & Fully Stocked Bar
Faster check-in
New Exec Lounge
VIP Lounge
BTF Afterparty brought to you by Uber
Tip: Post on LinkedIn with the #BTF2025 that you are attending as recruiters are looking to set up meetings with potential candidates at the event.
🧠So what?
Meta’s AI chatbots just learned the hard way that you can move fast and break things, but apparently, some things—like teenage mental health—are harder to glue back together.
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🚘New iPhone🚗
The iPhone Air is here along with the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, which are, you guessed it, the most powerful ever (we'd be worried if they weren't😅)
We don't have much to say now because it came out less than 12h ago, but here is the image from apple on the Air which is 5.6mm thin📲
🧠So what?
Take a look at the specs
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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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Below are the top opportunities we want to highlight to you this week! If you want to see more, then check out our new website where we have a whole page dedicated to events and opportunities from us and our partners:
https://www.colorintech.org/events
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Progress in public
Learn about engineering, software, IT and more technical careers in the Civil Service
On the 24th September, we're joining forces with Government Digital and Data for our third webinar on careers in the Civil Service!
This time we're focusing on fantastic opportunities in:
Engineering, including: DevOps Engineers, Test Engineers, and Specialist Infrastructure Engineers;
Developers, including: Software Developers and Frontend Developers;
IT Professionals, including: Network Architects, Technical Architect, Data Architect;
Interaction Designer;
Service Transition Manager.
To help us understand what these roles could look like and how to grow your career in the public sector, we'll be joined by three inspiring individuals:
James Freeland - Senior Data Security Architect, GDS
Alexandra Pop - Senior Data Scientist, GDS
Jaabir Yusuf - Dev Ops Engineer, DWP
This is a great opportunity for anyone considering a career in the civil service to learn more about the job opportunities available, and how to successfully navigate the hiring process!
Check out the key details below:
Date: 24th September 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Where: Zoom
If you’re interested in dialling into this webinar, then be sure to get a space using the link below:
https://lu.ma/progressinpublicthree
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Voices in the shadow
We love what our awesome community partners, GTA Black Women in Tech, are building with The Voices in The Shadow. For too long, Black women have been underrepresented in tech, often left without role models to look up to.
This project changes that, by shining a light on powerful journeys and giving young Black girls the confidence to dream bigger.
This year, their theme is The Journey Within: I Am… a day designed for reflection, inspiration, and connection.
Choose one of five Fireside Chat sessions that speak to your journey:
I Am Reflection: Pause, reflect, and explore your story
I Am Realignment: Pivot with purpose, career, and life alignment
I Am Activation: Step boldly into leadership and action
I Am Affirmation: Speak life into your journey
I Am Self-Love: Celebrate joy, boundaries, and self-worth
The day closes with a Connection Hour, drinks, music, laughter, and the kind of conversations that spark real connection.
Key details below:
Date: Thursday, 2nd October
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Location: Menier Lounger, 1st floor, 53 Southwark St, London SE1 1RU
As a bonus, Colorintech community members get 10% off tickets, and receive a complimentary copy of The Connection Journal. This is part of Volume 5 of The Voices in the Shadow series, this 12-week journal guides you through Reflection, Realignment, and Activation to help you connect with yourself, build balance, and achieve your goals without burnout.
Get your ticket using the link below:
https://lnkd.in/eAKjRR_K
The promo code should be automatically applied, but just in case it's:
'ColorInTech10'
Don’t miss this chance to celebrate, learn, and connect with inspiring Black women in tech!
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Ai for the rest of us
We're super excited to be a community partner for the next AI for the rest of us's annual conference on the 15th & 16th October 2025!
AI for the rest of us is an AI learning experience like no other, it's a two day conference filled with: Inspiring Keynotes; Real World Stories; Navigating Change; AI Explainers; Technical / Developer Track; and Hands on Workshops
Interested? Check out the key details below:
Date: 15th - 16th October
Time: 9:00 - 17:30 BST
Location: London Museum Spaces
Tickets: https://luma.com/AIfortherestofus25?coupon=COLORINTECH20
The link also includes an exclusive 20% off discount just for the Colorintech community! In case it doesn't come through, the discount code is: 'COLORINTECH20'
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🙌🏾The latest from the Colorintech team🙌🏾 |
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