Amazon Job Cuts, Alibaba's AI Milestone, and Denmark's Unique Approach to Education

In this episode of Hashtag Trending, host Jim Love discusses Amazon's recent layoff of 16,000 corporate employees and how AI is reshaping the workforce. He examines Alibaba's Qwen 3, which has surpassed 200,000 derivative models on Hugging Face, and explores its open-source advantages. Additionally, the episode covers the Linux community's contingency plan for a future without Linus Torvalds and Denmark's counterintuitive approach to using less technology in classrooms to improve education outcomes. Sponsored by Meter, this episode is packed with major tech insights you won't want to miss.

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00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Message 00:47 Amazon's Major Layoffs and AI Impact 02:41 Alibaba's Quinn: A New AI Contender 07:56 Linux's Future Without Linus Torvalds 10:52 Denmark's Counterintuitive Education Reform 14:20 Conclusion and Sponsor Message