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Coinbase CEO Fired Engineers Who Refused to Use AI

Brian Armstrong mandated AI coding tools at Coinbase, resulting in firings to ensure adoption; 33% of code is AI-generated, aiming for 50% by September to boost productivity.

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Speaking on Stripe president John Collison's Cheeky Pint podcast, Armstrong talked about how Coinbase bought GitHub Copilot and Cursor enterprise licenses for every engineer at the company.Read Entire Article

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Brian Armstrong once said earlier this week that they should at least start working on it. If they didn't make it by Saturday, they did.

A company manager fired everyone who refused to use artificial intelligence - AI became a mandatory recommendation.

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