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Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workers, or around 93 employees, as reported earlier by 404 Media<\/em><\/a>. In a memo to employees, Patreon CEO Jack Conte writes that the company<\/a> isn\u2019t making these changes \u201cbecause we believe AI replaces humans,\u201d but says AI has \u201cfundamentally transformed the tech industry, including how we work, how we build products, how we communicate, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That shift has changed \u201chow we operate and organize,\u201d Conte writes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During an interview on Decoder<\/em>, last month<\/a>, Conte laid out his stance on AI, saying that the company is \u201c100 percent embracing\u201d AI tools internally to continue serving creators:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If Patreon does not fully embrace these tools as a product and engineering company \u2014 and we are ultimately a product and engineering company \u2014 and use them to give the power back to creators, we, as a company, will be dead in three years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n


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