GenAI promises time-saving automation for teachers, but history suggests such technologies often intensify workloads, narrow expectations of 'good' work, reduce collaboration, and require substantial effort to assess and revise outputs, raising doubts about the promise of less stressful work.
California releases groundbreaking AI guardrails report by Stanford experts to govern frontier AI models while cementing its dominance as home to 32 of the world's top 50 AI companies and expanding worker training partnerships with NVIDIA.
Dubai's booming drone show industry sparks creativity and jobs, but high costs, uneven pay, and automation concerns overshadow the dazzling displays using hundreds of choreographed drones that replace traditional fireworks.
In a major cost-cutting move, Amazon is slashing approximately 14,000 managerial jobs, representing a 13% reduction in its global management workforce, aiming to streamline operations, accelerate decision-making, and save between $2.1 billion and $3.6 billion annually.
Kanban, often misunderstood as a rigid set of practices, was originally a simple visual signaling system, as exemplified by using an index card on a milk carton to indicate the need for restocking, emphasizing principles of self-explanatory simplicity over prescriptive methods.
ServiceNow is bolstering its AI capabilities with a massive $2.85 billion acquisition of Moveworks, a company specializing in enterprise automation and AI tools, enabling ServiceNow to combine its existing AI and automation offerings with Moveworks' AI assistant and enterprise search technology.
In Bangladesh's garment factories, automation and surveillance technologies aimed at boosting productivity are straining workers, predominantly women, by imposing higher production targets and job insecurity, despite claims of higher wages from factory owners.
Scale AI, a $13.8 billion AI startup, is under investigation by the US Department of Labor for potential wage violations, including unpaid wages, misclassification of employees, and retaliation, amid legal challenges from former workers over labor practices.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has imposed a controversial $1 spending cap on federal employee credit cards, crippling operations across agencies by delaying shipments, travel, and preventing employees from ordering essential supplies and equipment.
In a significant ruling, a federal judge deemed the mass firings of probationary federal employees ordered by the Trump administration unlawful, directing the Office of Personnel Management to inform agencies it lacked authority for such sweeping terminations, delivering a victory for labor unions and nonprofits challenging the administration's efforts to …