Elon Musk's AI company xAI lays off around 500 data annotators as it pivots towards employing specialized AI tutors, conducting assessments to identify workers' strengths for future roles.
Breaking news: Scale AI, a prominent AI data labeling company, undergoes a major restructuring, cutting 14% of its workforce, terminating contracts with 500 global contractors, and pivoting away from its core data labeling business following Meta's acquisition of a competitor.
Google is introducing a $13 million AI Opportunity Fund to help prepare over 2 million Canadians for an AI-powered future through training and skills development initiatives across the country, fostering a strong AI workforce.
President Trump signs executive order creating White House Task Force on AI Education to plan Presidential AI Challenge and public-private partnerships for K-12 AI education and workforce training.
A new investigation exposes the underpaid African workforce fueling global AI through outsourcing firms, raising concerns about tech companies distancing themselves from responsibility for exploitative labor practices by employing workers through third-party intermediaries.
Salesforce unveils a $1 billion investment in Singapore over the next 5 years, aiming to propel the nation's digital transformation through its AI platform Agentforce, addressing workforce challenges stemming from an aging population and declining birth rates.