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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116794050159185116">Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 23:47:00 JST</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek" title="rysiek@mstdn.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/13472-48-20221025105231.webp" width="48" height="48" alt='Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦' style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</a></section><article><p>Iceland is tiny, so a company letting 40 employees go makes national news. The company in question, Rapyd Europe, of course claimed "AI" as the reason for the layoffs.</p><p>So, I called them out on their bullshit – in my first piece for the Reykjavík Grapevine:<br><a href="https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2026/06/20/rapyd-layoffs-attributed-to-ai-hint-at-something-else/" rel="nofollow">https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2026/06/20/rapyd-layoffs-attributed-to-ai-hint-at-something-else/</a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Iceland" rel="tag">#Iceland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labor" rel="tag">#Labor</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6496625#notice-12786835">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-06-22T23:47:00+09:00" title="Monday, 22-Jun-2026 23:47:00 JST">about 22 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116794050159185116" rel="external" title="Sent from mstdn.social via ActivityPub">mstdn.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116794050159185116">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6194911">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: grapevine.is</div><h5><a href="https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2026/06/20/rapyd-layoffs-attributed-to-ai-hint-at-something-else/#Iceland">Rapyd Layoffs Attributed to AI Hint At Something Else</a></h5><div> from <span>Jón Trausti Sigurðarson</span></div></header><div>Last month Rapyd Europe hf. announced group layoffs, affecting about 40 people in Iceland.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 23:47:00 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Iceland is tiny, so a company letting 40 employees go makes national news. The company in question, Rapyd Europe, of course claimed "AI" as the reason for the layoffs.
So, I called them out on their bullshit – in my first piece for the Reykjavík Grapevine:
https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2026/06/20/rapyd-layoffs-attributed-to-ai-hint-at-something-else/
#Iceland #AI #Labor
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  Last month Rapyd Europe hf. announced group layoffs, affecting about 40 people in Iceland.

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