Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didnt try AI immediately | TechCrunch
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News Summary
- Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong fired engineers who didn't try AI immediately.
- Armstrong posted a mandate in the company’s main engineering Slack channel.
- Armstrong admits that it was a “heavy-handed approach” and there were people who “didn’t like it.” The company now hosts monthly meetings where teams who have mastered creative ways to use AI share what they have learned, Armstrong said.
- The company did not respond to a request for comment for this story.
Its hard to find programmers these days who arent using AI coding assistants in some capacity, especially to write the repetitive, mundane bits.But those who refused to try the tools when Coinbase [+2565 chars]
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