Coinbase CEO says he 'went rogue' and fired some employees who didn't adopt AI

10 AlexeyBrin 4 8/22/2025, 3:36:50 PM businessinsider.com ↗

Comments (4)

mooreds · 39m ago
I read the article. He didn't fire someone for not adopting AI, but rather for not even having a good reason not to onboard into an AI tool for a week.

> [he told] engineers that they didn't have to use the tools on a daily basis yet but "at least onboard by the end of the week."

Would you be fired if you refused to set up a tool (not AI, any tool) that your CEO said you were going to use in the future? And that the company was investing it?

I don't know, but there'd surely be some repercussion.

1970-01-01 · 3h ago
Sounds like a case of using oil to wash away a soap spill.
bediger4000 · 2h ago
As I understand it, Coinbase will now definitely include wrong/hallucinationed info in their articles, and the articles will be blander and have less of a unique voice. Win-win situation, he's earned his yearly bonus.
Plasmoid · 45m ago
What an absolute sociopath