Tag: labor practices
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Slashdot: Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/2338214/hundreds-of-google-ai-workers-were-fired-amid-fight-over-working-conditions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article discusses the difficult working conditions of AI raters contracted by Google through Hitachi’s GlobalLogic, highlighting issues such as high pressure, job disillusionment, and the precarious nature of…
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Slashdot: Salesforce CEO Says 30% of Internal Work Is Being Handled by AI
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/26/1316242/salesforce-ceo-says-30-of-internal-work-is-being-handled-by-ai Source: Slashdot Title: Salesforce CEO Says 30% of Internal Work Is Being Handled by AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Salesforce’s CEO, Marc Benioff, highlighted the substantial role that AI now plays within the company’s operations, automating a significant portion of work functions. This reflects the increasing trend of…
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The Register: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/24/scale_ai_outlier_sued_over/ Source: The Register Title: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths Feedly Summary: Who guards the guardrail makers? Not the bosses who hire them, it’s alleged Scale AI, which labels training data for machine-learning models, was sued this month, alongside labor platform…
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Hacker News: OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest
Source URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/11/26/openai-sora-ai-video-model-artists-protest/ Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses OpenAI’s suspension of access to its video generation tool, Sora, due to protests from a group of artists who were dissatisfied with their…
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AlgorithmWatch: Why we need to audit algorithms and AI from end to end
Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/auditing-algorithms-and-ai-from-end-to-end/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Why we need to audit algorithms and AI from end to end Feedly Summary: The full picture of algorithmic risks and harms is a complicated one. So how do we approach the task of auditing algorithmic systems? There are various attempts to simplify the picture into overarching, standardized frameworks;…