A controversial startup aims to automate 70,000 federal jobs using AI agents, sparking concerns over the feasibility and reliability of deploying AI at such a massive scale across diverse agencies with varying rules and regulations.
Agentic automation revolutionizes workflows by seamlessly integrating AI agents, robots, and human expertise through platforms like UiPath, enabling companies to optimize accuracy, compliance, insights, and governance scalability through AI-human collaboration.
IBM, once renowned for its commitment to lifetime employment and generous benefits, underwent a seismic shift in the 1990s when a new CEO prioritized shareholder value, leading to mass layoffs and cuts that marked the end of an era of corporate paternalism.
Universal basic income (UBI) has emerged as a potential solution to mitigate the economic disruptions caused by AI and automation, with proponents proposing various funding mechanisms like taxing income, consumption, land value, and automation itself, while emphasizing the need for sustainable policies, education/training investments, and addressing social-psychological factors beyond economic …
A recent survey reveals widespread anxiety among workers, with 1 in 4 fearing job losses due to AI adoption, highlighting the need for clear policies and open communication from employers as AI reshapes the job market, potentially displacing some roles while creating new opportunities.
The US government unveils initiatives to bolster AI education and literacy nationwide, including an AI Education Task Force, a Presidential AI Challenge for students and educators, enhanced teacher training, AI apprenticeships, and high school AI courses and certifications.
HubSpot bolsters its AI prowess by acquiring Dashworks, an AI-powered search assistant that consolidates data across apps, emails, documents, and meetings, enabling enhanced context gathering and search capabilities for its Breeze product.
A renowned AI researcher's startup Mechanize, aiming to automate all jobs using AI agents, has sparked backlash over its ambitious mission to replace human workers and potential conflict with the founder's AI research institute Epoch.
Asimov's vision of AI as devices that can perform intelligent tasks will liberate humans from monotonous work, but we must proactively address the challenges AI may bring to society to mitigate potential unpleasantness.
As AI disrupts the gig economy, Venezuelans who relied on data annotation and content writing jobs face dwindling opportunities, with poor internet access and outdated hardware limiting their ability to adapt to more complex AI-related tasks.