How Americans Use AI At work
From today’s AP News: American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll. Some 12% of…
How Existing Consumer Rights Laws Apply to AI Chatbots for Kids and Teens
From today’s Electronic Privacy Information Center: Nearly three in four teens report using AI chatbots, and about one in three teen users of AI chatbot report feeling uncomfortable with something…
AI Already Impacting Labor Market, Starting With Young Tech Workers
From today’s CNBC News: Changes to the American labor market brought on by the arrival of generative AI are already showing up in employment data, according to a Goldman Sachs…
March Of The Cobots: The Technology Lowering The Barrier To Automation
From today’s Financial Times: Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach…
Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?
From today’s New York Times: When Starbucks announced last month that it was laying off more than 1,000 corporate employees, it highlighted a disturbing trend for white-collar workers: Over the…
AI Makes 32-Hour Workweek Possible
From today’s Forbes: The global movement toward a 32-hour workweek is gaining traction in the United States with an endorsement by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Last Wednesday, Sanders introduced the…
Californians Could Opt Out Of AI In Proposed Privacy Rules
From today’s Forbes: The five-member CPPA board will discuss and give feedback on the proposed regulations on December 8, and the CPPA expects to finalize the regulations and start the…
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U.S. Civil Rights Enforcers Warn Employers Against Biased AI
From today’s Seattle Times: The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending…
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Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Struggle to Improve Economic Fortunes
From today’s New York Times: For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of…
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Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine
From New York Times: From inside the control room carved into the rock more than half a mile underground, Mika Persson can see the robots on the march, supposedly coming…