The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Associated Press starts offering buyouts to newspaper journalists amid wider AI transformation [3d]
• Sam Altman says AI superintelligence is so big that we need a ‘New Deal’—critics say OpenAI’s policy ideas are a cover for ‘regulatory nihilism’ [3d]
• Sam Altman’s big pitch to fix the big AI mess sounds like Jamie Dimon’s: a 4-day workweek and a big new tax on rich people like him [3d]
• ‘No one’s raising their hand’: Japan’s labor crisis is making the case for robots taking the jobs that you don’t want [3d]
• A $400 million ballroom was just the beginning. Now, Trump plans to spend $174 million more on renovations [3d]
• Trump threatens to ‘take out’ all of Iran in one night. From blackout bombs to ‘discombobulators,’ here’s what that could actually mean [3d]
• Goldman just looked at 40 years of data on the ‘scarring’ effects of technological disruption and finds Gen Z isn’t the most at risk [3d]
• Trump is seeking the biggest defense budget surge in 75 years as the Pentagon stays committed to ‘exquisite’ weapons [3d]
• The Artemis II astronauts have officially gone further from earth than any humans have gone before [4d]
• H&R Block CEO shares the deeply human fear that separates middle managers from those destined for the C-suite [4d]
• AI is cutting 16,000 U.S. jobs a month — and Gen Z is taking the brunt, Goldman Sachs says [4d]
• Pearson CEO: the AI job apocalypse is a Silicon Valley story. The data tells a different one [4d]
• America’s CEOs have become reluctant guardians of democracy [4d]
• Polymarket apologizes after letting users bet on downed U.S. pilots in Iran: ‘It should not have been posted’ [4d]
• Wall Street knows something about Trump and Iran: both sides are running out of time [4d]
• ‘Skunk at the party’: Jamie Dimon warns of recession risks amid ongoing wars—but also stagflation [4d]
• Jamie Dimon defends the U.S. war on Iran—and warns it’s pushing the economy into uncharted territory [4d]
• JPMorgan has 300,000 employees, but Jamie Dimon says the bank wins by deploying small teams like Navy SEALs [4d]
• Massive debt makes the U.S. one of the world’s most vulnerable countries in the energy crisis, market veteran warns [4d]
• Gen Z is rewriting the American Dream, and their parents are funding it—using tuition money for down payments, instead [4d]
• JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon predicts AI will cut the workweek down to 3.5 days—and tells Gen Z developing EQ is more important than ever [4d]
• Supreme Court throws out ruling upholding Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction [4d]
• Savannah Guthrie returns to the ‘Today’ show for the first time in two months since her mom’s abduction [4d]
• Millions of Americans paid billions in tariffs later ruled illegal — and they won’t see a dime back [4d]
• Current price of oil as of April 6, 2026 [4d]
• AMRO holds Asia’s 2026 growth forecast steady at 4%, but said it would have been higher if not for the Iran war [4d]
• The biggest mistake HR leaders make when pitching new benefits to their CFO [4d]
• Robinhood Ventures has rebounded 30% since its lackluster debut. Can the new private markets fund now withstand the mega IPOs? [4d]
• A quantum threat to Bitcoin has some asking the unthinkable: Is it time to freeze old wallets belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto? [4d]
• The real impact of AI on SaaS isn’t what investors think [4d]
• What the Nike CEO’s remarks reveal about rallying employees through turnaround fatigue [4d]
• Why DOGE’s legacy is hard to measure [4d]
• AI is about to send millions to ‘professional identity purgatory.’ Here’s what I discovered after my 30 year career crashed to a halt [4d]
• While other CEOs freeze entry-level roles, this AI founder is hiring Gen Z with zero experience [4d]
• Supermicro soared because of $4 trillion Nvidia—but Jensen Huang can walk away any time he wants [4d]