After the massive response to our last episode, we’re diving even deeper into the next big workforce crisis. Forget automation taking your future job — it’s already taken your first. From internships to entry-level roles, AI is locking Gen Z out of the workforce before they even start.

Plus, the latest in AI news — all in Bootstrapped for Cash.

💬 Drop your take in the comments: Can Gen Z survive the AI wave?

Interesting links:

- Giorgio's new YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@borgoat

- Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening

https://fortune.com/2025/09/21/goodwill-ceo-preparing-for-influx-of-jobless-gen-z-ai-automation-kill-entry-level-jobs-youth-unemployment-crisis/

- Concern un US and major European economies over job security due to AI

https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RI-PROD/PDFVIEWER.calias?pdfViewerPdfUrl=PROD0000000000602059

- Lufthansa to slash 4,000 jobs in push towards AI and digitisation

https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/Lufthansa-to-cut-4000-jobs-and-increases-mid-term-profit-targets

- Accenture lays off thousands of employees globally, citing their inability to retrain in AI skills

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/accenture-lays-off-more-than-11000-employees-ceo-julie-sweet-says-we-are-exiting-employees-we-cant-/articleshow/124205771.cms

- Accenture plans on ‘exiting’ staff who can’t be reskilled on AI amid restructuring strategy

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/accenture-plans-on-exiting-staff-who-cant-be-reskilled-on-ai.html

- So far this year, companies have announced 946,426 job cuts, the highest YTD since 2020 when 2,082,262 were announced

https://www.challengergray.com/blog/september-job-cuts-fall-37-from-august-ytd-total-highest-since-2020-lowest-ytd-hiring-since-2009/

- San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill

https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-san-francisco-may-allow-police-to-deploy-robots-that-kill/

- Google releases Gemini Robotics 1.5

https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-robotics/gemini-robotics/

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1971243947792925005

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1971243963005702506

- Google releases Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/gemini-computer-use-model/

- Meta releases Vibes: A New Way to Discover and Create AI Videos

https://about.fb.com/news/2025/09/introducing-vibes-ai-videos/

https://x.com/alexandr_wang/status/1971295156411433228

- OpenAI releases Sora 2

https://openai.com/index/sora-2/

https://sora.com/

- Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts

https://neonmobile.com/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/

- Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5, which according to the Software Engineering (SWE) benchmark, beats GPT-5 Codex

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5

- Anthropic releases Imagine with Claude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGiqrsv530Y

- Lovable releases Lovable Cloud & AI

https://x.com/lovable_dev/status/1972680165378650391?t=6Z20nmT8ehfHjtC4O9KrTg&s=08

- OpenAI and NVIDIA announce a strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems

https://openai.com/index/openai-nvidia-systems-partnership/

- OpenAI is looking for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing ads to ChatGPT

https://sources.news/p/openai-ads-leader-sam-altman-memo-stargate

- Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol

https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/

- Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK

https://openai.com/index/introducing-apps-in-chatgpt/

- OpenAI introduces AgentKit, including Agent Builder, Connector Registry, and ChatKit

https://openai.com/index/introducing-agentkit/