Pinterest has unveiled Ask Pinterest, an experimental conversational AI shopping app designed to explore a more interactive, chat-based approach to product discovery.

Pinterest terminated two engineers for creating software to identify laid-off colleagues, highlighting tensions as the company cuts 15% of staff to invest in AI.

Amazon cuts 16,000 corporate jobs while Pinterest and Dow cite AI automation as reason for workforce reductions, though economists say AI's labor impact remains limited.

Pinterest announces workforce reduction of less than 15% to reallocate resources toward AI-focused roles and AI-powered product development initiatives.